Current "muxes" typically can push up to 100 light waves down a single fiber, but by year-end Nortel will begin shipping test gear that pushes 160 lightwaves, each carrying 10 billion bits of data per second.

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Current "muxes" typically can push up to 100 light waves down a single fiber, but by year-end Nortel will begin shipping test gear that pushes 160 lightwaves, each carrying 10 billion bits of data a second.

FORBES: Hooked on photonics

The rule tended to favor narrow designs with deep keels and towering masts to carry the thousands of square feet of sail needed to push the heavy boats through the waves.

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