Communications in Dhaka

These are some photos taken in the streets around where I live, which show the unbelievable state of communications in Dhaka. These are all fibre optic cables. There is no centrally managed fibre optic system, everytime someone wants a new broadband cable connection, the company that they sign up with, just runs a new cable if they haven't already got one running past or into the building. The photos showing what looks like a stocking wrapped around the cables, is in front of the Westin Hotel - all of the more up market buildings such as banks, posh hotels and new office towers, try to pretty up the mess of cables by wrapping them, but unfortunately it doesn't help much. In some streets I have actually seen the poles on which the cables are hung, starting to buckle under the weight and are often propped up using bamboo.