Each neuron has a long fiber, or axon, that stretches upward through a tiny opening in the bone above it and into the olfactory bulb, a plum-size mass in the front of the brain, behind the forehead.
The sole rival, SBC Communications, is still barred by federal law from offering the long distance fiber services that CapRock provides.
Every long stretch of fiber, especially if it lies on the ocean floor, needs these lasers by the thousands.
The sole rival, SBC Communications, is still barred by federal law from offering the long- distance fiber services that CapRock provides.
Transfer data packets from long-haul fiber-optic networks to the electrical power grid and shoot the data (alongside electricity) straight into people's homes.
While business is good now, major long-haul fiber contracts will likely taper off over the next year as fiber capacity meets demand.
But unlike the last build-out, when companies buried thousands of miles of long-haul fiber-optic cable under the sea and across continents, today's construction is focused more on connecting local homes and businesses with faster Internet pipes.
That we could make the quality of glass fiber necessary to transmit long-distance signals.
For 25 years high costs had confined fiber optics to handling long-haul tasks.
While long-haired dogs provide the best fiber, spinners have crafted yarn from all kinds of critters, including timber wolves and cats.
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Jenkins also has taken over telco hotels in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, where more than 100 long-haul carriers connect with local fiber lines in so-called meet-me rooms similar to old-fashioned telephone switchboards.
Cable, satellite and now fiber-optic TV have long-since outpaced the over-the-air broadcasters in innovation, giving nearly all Americans the option of hundreds of channels of diverse content, on-demand movies and other programming, time-shifting, interactive features and bundled services.
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WorldCom wants to connect its local fiber assets with MCI's long distance assets, making everyone's invested capital more valuable.
But I believe with every fiber of my being that in the long run we also cannot keep this country safe unless we enlist the power of our most fundamental values.
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.
There are sound reasons why long-distance telephone, television and Internet long ago moved from satellites to terrestrial microwave and then fiber optic.
With financial backing from a Dallas utility, he would build the first fiber link between McAllen and Corpus Christi: Long-distance companies wanted an alternative to their weather- plagued microwave links.
We decided to go long format and try a two week cleanse that involved copious fiber pills, raw foods, and three full days of The Master Cleanse (water, lemon, maple syrup).
The main culprit in the cinnamon powder is actually derived from tree bark and contains cellulose, an undigestible fiber capable of producing a strong inflammatory response in lung tissue, leading to long term wheezing and a chronic cough, potentially placing patients at further risk for bouts of pneumonitis or even aspiration pneumonia.
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The underlying price structure of long-distance telephony has dropped 80% in two years, thanks to a bonanza in fiber-optic capacity.
The 787 is highly touted because of its mostly lightweight carbon fiber construction, which airlines expect will help them save billions in fuel costs on long-haul routes.
The company installed 63 additional Private IP edge routers for a total of 915 edge routers in 245 sites throughout 63 countries, activated more than 1, 500 kilometers (932 miles) of ultra-long-haul network across the southern part of the United Kingdom, and completed a joint fiber build in Singapore, which almost doubles the coverage of the Singapore fiber-optic network.
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Likewise, traditional local and long-distance telephone service over the copper network is being displaced by better technology from cable and fiber.
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As long as relevant data continue to support it, that conviction may have us holding fast to our fiber shares in expectation of further financial improvement among the many heretofore sorely beaten-down names.
Butthat short leg from the long-distance network to homes and offices is a contorted mishmash of copper phone lines, TV cables, fiber and wireless systems.
Optical technologies have revolutionized long-distance communications, replacing low-capacity copper wiring that carries electrical signals with combinations of lasers and fiber-optic cabling that send information over many high-speed channels.
So unless we want to stop technological progress, pinch off our fiber pipes to the world and to each other, and freeze capital, I think the only long-term remedy is education.
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