For now, and probably in the long term, TV white space networks will be complementary to fibre-optic broadband rather than a replacement.

BBC: TV's white spaces connecting rural Africa

In an editorial in the same journal, Dr John Baron, of Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, said short-term studies appeared to suggest there was no effect from high dietary fibre intake on bowel cancer risk.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Fibre cancer benefits questioned

For now, Verizon has halted new investment in fibre while it tries to drum up more customers for FiOS. And for the long term it is trying to create demand for an even faster internet.

ECONOMIST: Broadband in America