Optic fibers have played an important and little-publicized role in bringing the Information Age closer. Previously people were forced to rely on microwaves, which had serious capacity limits. If too many people were on the line, the message would become "disturbed" and unintelligible to all.
目前大部分資訊業，以至於資訊體系的投資，都有類似的難題：未來狀況難以掌握，投資所需金額龐大，而錯誤的決定，代價也異常昂貴。