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To: AJ Berger who wrote (1482)	8/13/1999 1:10:00 PM
From: Teddy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15615

AJ, first i heard of that. Here's an interesting related glurb: Fiber-optic cable makers are currently producing enough fiber to circle the Earth three times a day -- or more than 1,000 times a year, said Alastair Glass, head of photonics research at Lucent's Bell Labs. "It's hard to imagine what people want to do with that much fiber, but it seems to be like computer memory and microprocessors. When capacity increases, people use it up." By far the greatest impact of fiber-optic advances has been to fuel the breathtaking growth of the Internet and its multimedia interface -- the World Wide Web. Both Nortel and Lucent are the undisputed leaders in developing high-speed fiber-optic systems. For the past two years, the two companies have been leap-frogging each other in the race to bring faster, more powerful laser systems to market. [Globe and Mail (Toronto), 8/12]