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Data For The Masses

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Sarina Tracy, [email protected]

Hindsight is 20/20. In February of 1995, Newsweek published an article titled “The Internet? Bah!” wherein the author deemed the hype surrounding an online future to be a large helping of “baloney.” Twenty years later, fiber optic cables buried in the ocean floor carry over 99 percent of that so-called drivel to millions of people – who rely upon the data like never before. Currently, 299 cable systems are active, under construction or expected to be fully funded by the end of 2015. But there’s only so much they can carry. “The global demand for...Read full article

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    Published: March 2015
    Glossary
    fiber optic cable
    A package for an optical fiber or fibers that may include cladding, buffering, strength members and an outer jacket.
    Picture ThisOpticsfiber opticsMaterialsCommunicationsEuropeInternet communicationfiber optic cabledata requirementsdata reception errorfiber optic signalstransatlantic submarine cableoptical fiber communicationelectronic signal boostDr. Robert MaherUniversity College LondonInternet datainternet moderationnet neutralitySarina Tracy

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