Fiber Optic Cable facts
'A relatively new technology with vast potential importance, fiber optics is the channeled transmission of light through hair-thin glass fibers.' [ Less expensive than copper cables [ Raw material is silica sand [ Less expensive to maintain [ If damaged, restoration time is faster (although more users are affected) [ Backbone to the Information Superhighway Information (data and voice) is transmitted through the fiber digitally by the use of high speed LASERs (Light Amplification through the Simulated Emission of …
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