日本计划提前两年完成光纤网络完善工作

日本计划提前两年完成光纤网络完善工作
日本总务省为推进网上授课等新冠肺炎疫情应对举措，将把在全国完善光纤线路的计划提前 2 年，争取到 2021 年末让几乎所有家庭都能使用光纤网络。

截至 2019 年 3 月末，在日本还有约 66 万户家庭光纤网络尚未能覆盖。总务省 2019 年 6 月提出目标，计划 2023 年末把未覆数减少到 18 万户家庭，实现覆盖几乎所有家庭。然而受新冠肺炎疫情影响居家办公、远程教学等突出了网络应用的重要性，日本政府决定将光纤网络覆盖进度提前 2 年。
Japan plans to complete fiber optic network improvement two years ahead of schedule
Japan’s Ministry of General Affairs, in an effort to promote the response to the new crown pneumonia outbreak, such as online teaching, will advance plans to improve fiber optic lines across the country by two years, with the goal of making fiber optic networks accessible to almost all households by the end of 2021.

As of the end of March 2019, there are about 660,000 other household fiber optic networks in Japan that are not yet covered. The Ministry of General Affairs set a goal in June 2019 to reduce the number of outstanding households to 180,000 by the end of 2023, reaching almost all households. However, the impact of the outbreak of new crown pneumonia home office, distance learning and other highlighted the importance of network applications, the Japanese government decided to advance the progress of fiber optic network coverage by 2 years.