Veracity bought the fiber system from Provo but couldn't pay off construction bonds and sold it back to the city.
In Provo, a city of 115, 000 about 45 miles south of Salt Lake City, Google is making its first plans to take over an existing fiber system and will start operating it long before it can build the service for Austin.
"The cost per wavelength is the same as with any traditional fiber-based system, " said Kathleen Szelag, a marketing vice president at Lucent.
Google is already operating a fiber-optic system in Kansas City, Mo.
Apple has embedded a fiber-optic lighting system to illuminate the keyboard and bolstered it with sensors that can tell when the ambient light in the room begins to dim.
Since then the city has built the system outward along fiber-optic lines.
The rush to Bangladesh began in earnest in 2005, when an international trade quota system called the Multi Fiber Arrangement expired, lifting the strict limit on the amount of textiles and garments developing countries could export to developed countries.
This is made possible by a new content storage and distribution system via Comcast's extensive fiber network and enables the company to offer significantly more content in the near future, including TV series, kids content, music and other special programming.
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The new optical networking system should not be seen as a replacement for fiber-optic systems, Szelag added.
Unlike the concept car, the two-seat production version, based on a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic monocoque, will feature a manual roof system with removable panels that can be stored in the front luggage compartment.
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The plane represented a big bet on new technology for Boeing: The plane's lightweight frame was to be built using mostly carbon-fiber composites, and it was to have an enhanced electrical system to power more systems and use less fuel than other jets.
Nethercomm claims the system can provide twice as much bandwidth as a standard fiber-optic connection.
That won't be a factor with the 787's carbon-fiber hull, which can't rust, so Boeing has designed a system with 20% humidity.
Lucent's 30, 000 techies work on such advances as plastic fiber flexible enough to wire your home, a new over-the-air laser system for local optical transmission and routers with mind-boggling capacity.
The material uses what the researchers are calling 'shape-memory' polymers and have a fiber optic network embedded within them which acts as the damage sensor as well as the heat delivery system.
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The BRABUS aerodynamic-enhancement concept is rounded out by the BRABUS rear spoiler lip, also available in a clear-coated carbon-fiber version, and the new rear fascia with centrally located reflector and custom cutouts for the BRABUS quad sport exhaust system.
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