A fiber-optic network is being laid across the country. From Wordnik.com. [Amid Rwanda's successes, election raises concerns about suppression of rights] Reference
Same goes for a massive Chinese-funded fiber-optic project in Uganda. From Wordnik.com. [China Bungles Africa] Reference
Two computer labs, a slew of laptops, and a fast fiber-optic network. From Wordnik.com. [Internet access in schools] Reference
No UV lights — only fiber-optic ones — are used, since they fade materials. From Wordnik.com. ['Hellcat or Helpmate': The Mary Todd Lincoln Saga] Reference
The city is expanding its open-access fiber-optic network to help lure business. From Wordnik.com. [Few in U.S. move for new jobs, fueling fear the economy might get stuck, too] Reference
It laid more fiber-optic cable last year than the entire cable industry combined. From Wordnik.com. [Big Brother's Holding Company] Reference
In 2000, the capacity of the same fiber-optic strand has multiplied about 32,000 times. From Wordnik.com. [The Gathering Tech Carnage] Reference
He ardently promotes a scheme to build a nationwide fiber-optic networkeven if it requires taxpayer money. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Future] Reference
For cable, satellite, or phone-company fiber-optic service, that means a high-def receiver and service package. From Wordnik.com. [Super Bowl: Getting a big screen for the big game] Reference
VIDEO PHONE: Current images look like early Chaplin flicks, but the fiber-optic future promises clearer pictures. From Wordnik.com. [An Interactive Life] Reference
Laser-light show: Disco-ball fiber-optic lighting sets the mood, with a dance floor below and a mirrored ceiling above. From Wordnik.com. [Russia] Reference
It is buying 20 percent of Teleport Communications Group, which runs fiber-optic networks in New York and other cities. From Wordnik.com. [Wait, Hold The Phone!] Reference
To lure in more high-tech businesses, the center is now wired with fiber-optic cable, T-1 lines and DSL Internet hookups. From Wordnik.com. [In The Boonies, An Oasis Of Success] Reference
The company then laid Italy's first fiber-optic cables, challenging the dominance of former state monopoly Telecom Italia. From Wordnik.com. [Fastweb Founder to Stand Trial] Reference
By 2015, the Bell hopes to wire every home in California with fiber-optic cable. it plans to spin off its cellular division. From Wordnik.com. [The Bells: Reach Out And Buy Somebody] Reference
Currently researchers do this using fiber-optic cables hardwired into mouse brains, but they are working on wireless setups. From Wordnik.com. [The Light Fantastic] Reference
Have you been hankering to try Verizon's fiber-optic FiOS TV and Internet services but hesitant to commit for a year or two?. From Wordnik.com. [Now you can try Verizon FiOS with no termination fee] Reference
For the environmentally conscious, Neues Licht of Denmark uses fiber-optic cables in its energy-efficient Scintilla chandeliers. From Wordnik.com. [Leading Lights] Reference
After the shift from satellites to fiber-optic cable for most international phone calls, the statute was as out of date as disco. From Wordnik.com. [I Know What You Did Last Summer] Reference
Today's wars are fought over tiny strands of high-strength glass, called fiber-optic cable, and the pulses of light that they transport. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Future] Reference
Dr. Rafael Reisfeld, a Beverly Hills, Calif., surgeon, inserts a tiny fiber-optic cable into the chest, via a small incision in the armpit. From Wordnik.com. [Prone To Problems] Reference
Today's television cables will likely be replaced by fiber-optic cables, which are capable of transmitting much more data at higher speeds. From Wordnik.com. [An Interactive Life] Reference
His company has just seen a 20 percent drop in its sales of fiber-optic components, because of canceled orders by struggling Cisco and Nortel. From Wordnik.com. [Telecom's Big Tumble] Reference
But Gore will apply his longstanding interest in science and technology to shepherding a national fiber-optic network and other high-tech projects. From Wordnik.com. [Gore: Playing Second Fiddle] Reference
For the environmentally conscious, the Danish company Neues Licht uses fiber-optic cables in its exquisite, energy-efficient, Scintilla chandelier. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Lights] Reference
The city knew things were bad when Level 3, the fiber-optic company that grew out of Kiewit's second big network project, moved to Colorado in 1997. From Wordnik.com. [A New Brand Of Tech Cities] Reference
AmeritechThis Bell hasn't signed up a cable company, but Ameritech expects half its 11 million customers to have access to fiber-optic lines by 1995. From Wordnik.com. [The Bells: Reach Out And Buy Somebody] Reference
Speak of the madness of the telecom world, and people generally think of the billions spent on thousands of miles of fiber-optic cable that now lie unused. From Wordnik.com. [Stuck In Time] Reference
After briefly considering piping milk to the far corners of the country, Williams's bosses figured they'd try running fiber-optic cable for telephone lines. From Wordnik.com. [A New Brand Of Tech Cities] Reference
Only after business finds a way to use the stuff it bought in the 1990s (think of all those miles of unused fiber-optic cables) will it start spending again. From Wordnik.com. [Frozen By Uncertainty] Reference
They say that Teledesic's satellites will be the access road to the Information Highway in rural and undeveloped areas of the world not served by fiber-optic delivery systems. From Wordnik.com. [Bill And Craig's Big Idea] Reference
English will be the language at the affair, though the crowd will probably represent the diverse, youthful community that has flowered on the world's growing fiber-optic vines. From Wordnik.com. [Computers: Hackers Play The Field] Reference
But the cable companies are increasing their fiber-optic capacity more swiftly, and fiber is a superior vehicle for moving greater amounts of data back and forth across a network. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On The Future] Reference
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