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Technology Stocks : Harmonic Lightwaves (HLIT)
HLIT 10.02-1.6%Nov 7 9:30 AM EST

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To: VidiVici who wrote (3950)12/30/2000 2:22:12 AM
From: VidiVici   of 4134
 
Super Cables

Researchers at MIT have found a way to make fiber optic cables thousands of times more efficient–and a lot cheaper to deploy.

From the December 26, 2000 issue

Robert Poe

View the "Optical Cables Go Hollow" Xplanation

Progress in fiber optic technology–the Internet's plumbing–is advancing at breakneck speed. The number of data bits being stuffed through today's hair-thin glass fibers is doubling every 6 to 12 months, and ever-faster switches are being developed to route data streams. Still, high-bandwidth applications, especially those involving video, are already threatening to devour every gigabit of capacity. And the broadband age has barely begun.

However, a breakthrough from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may produce a dramatic increase in the capacity of fiber cables–and bring the goal of unlimited bandwidth a giant step closer.

business2.com

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Good, bad, or indifferent for Harmonic? Fewer amplifiers, but more of other devices.....
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