The quick answer is ‘very fast, reliable Internet’. There is nothing in the universe that travels faster than light – roughly 300,000km per second. Or 7.5 times around the world in one second. So wouldn’t it be good if we could use light to transfer data?

Fibre optic cable is made up of strands of glass the thickness of a human hair wrapped in cladding and a protective coating. Infrared laser light is shone down the cable, reflecting off the cladding as it goes around corners, to reach a receiver that converts the flashing on/off light into something your computer understands. Smartnet brings that fibre optic cable to your door and opens up a whole new Internet experience.