Question here is. the infrastructure they mentioned, are they like saying that its eitherly different from OpenNet's backbone. And as far as we know, no matter what we rely on Opennet's backbone.. so this "infrastructure" in question, what exactly is it referring to?
lazy to go into details and get technical so i am just going to explain briefly.
originally, all fibre cable are owned and laid by OpenNet.
each of these OpenNet-owned fibre cable are then connected onto a internet exchange point managed by OpenNet (like the one from ST which recently caught fire). in the case of OpenNet, it actually leased space from ST's internet exchange point instead of building its own building.
but then it is still not enough to give you internet. from the exchange, each of the cable needs to be connected to a router/switch (of sort) which is connected to the world wide web.
the "OpenNet capacity issue" is not because OpenNet is not laying the fibre cables fast enough, it is because it does not have enough "router/switch" to connect each of the fibre cable to the internet.
so what ST is now doing is to laid its own fibre cables which are then connected to its own internet exchange point, which are then connected to its own internet "router/switch".
and given how much money ST has and how big ST is, it should have a lot of spare "router/switch", and thus have no problem connecting a customer to the internet within 7 days.
the actual scenario is of course a lot more complicated but this should be enough.
if anyone wants to correct or improve my explanation, please feel free to do so.
