Kuala Lampur, March 1 -- While riding my motorcycle along a long, noisy highway on my way home, I noticed a large billboard advertising TIME Fibre Home Internet, 200Mbps at only RM 99/month!

It was bright, eye-catching with an easy to understand message: faster speed at a low price, stable connection, and better online experience.

At that moment, I realised something interesting. Most people were introduced to optical fibre because of the internet.

If the internet is fast, they are happy; if it is slow, they get frustrated. But beyond that, only a few people know about what optical fibre can really do, or how deeply it can assist many things in our lives.

For someone like me, who has been working with optical fibres for several years,...