There, a piece of hardware called the concentrator unit plucks the data off a fiber-optic network, reformulates it into a signal at 2 to 30 megahertz and injects that signal onto the power line.

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" He rattles off consumer products in excess--"autos, fiber optic cable, computers, cell phones, trucks, airplanes, steel, even food.

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While business is good now, major long-haul fiber contracts will likely taper off over the next year as fiber capacity meets demand.

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While each fiber eventually suffers a painful drop-off, the next one hits an even higher peak--making a growth business out of a series of declining ones.

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The production model is a polished-looking assemblage of aluminum and judiciously placed titanium and carbon fiber, along with sensors, motors, joints, off-the-shelf DSPs and custom circuitry and software.

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All-optical routers that can manipulate packets of light, pulling some signals off a fiber and sending the rest on their way, may not be widely available for years.

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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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