In the early days of fibre communication, distance was important and voice communication was the number one consideration. Today, speed plays a pivotal role and fibre is used for voice and petabytes ...

Each splice could take up to approximately 30 minutes (depending on the operator) and it was very difficult to produce a good splice. (A good splice would typically have a loss of less than 0.02db).

The Internet is the definitive technology of the Information age. High-speed internet access is crucial in the success of many start-up businesses. This essential technology access was demonstrated ...