Ebook: Building the Global Fiber Optics Superhighway

A re-working of C.D. Chaffee's previously published The Rewiring ofAmerica (Academia, 1988), this professional book describes the fiber optics revolution. There have been many changes in the fiber optics field since the book's first publication. These include advances in optical networking; the additional bandwidth created by the Internet and associated data services; liberalization of the global telecommunications industry; and the rewiring of the world's oceans with fiber optics. Building the Global Fiber Optics Superhighway details all these developments. C.D. Chaffee writes: `One thing is clear: as our networks become primarily data-driven, they need to be built differently, to be able to handle data first, but also voice. It is a different way of looking at the world.'

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A re-working of C.D. Chaffee's previously published The Rewiring ofAmerica (Academia, 1988), this professional book describes the fiber optics revolution. There have been many changes in the fiber optics field since the book's first publication. These include advances in optical networking; the additional bandwidth created by the Internet and associated data services; liberalization of the global telecommunications industry; and the rewiring of the world's oceans with fiber optics. Building the Global Fiber Optics Superhighway details all these developments. C.D. Chaffee writes: `One thing is clear: as our networks become primarily data-driven, they need to be built differently, to be able to handle data first, but also voice. It is a different way of looking at the world.'

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A re-working of C.D. Chaffee's previously published The Rewiring ofAmerica (Academia, 1988), this professional book describes the fiber optics revolution. There have been many changes in the fiber optics field since the book's first publication. These include advances in optical networking; the additional bandwidth created by the Internet and associated data services; liberalization of the global telecommunications industry; and the rewiring of the world's oceans with fiber optics. Building the Global Fiber Optics Superhighway details all these developments. C.D. Chaffee writes: `One thing is clear: as our networks become primarily data-driven, they need to be built differently, to be able to handle data first, but also voice. It is a different way of looking at the world.'
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
A Global Footprint....Pages 17-24
The Business of Ocean Fiber....Pages 25-30
The Rerewiring of America....Pages 35-56
Fiber Sprouts in Mexico....Pages 57-59
The Canadian Presence....Pages 61-69
Bandwidth as Precious Commodity....Pages 71-75
Japan’s Twenty-First Century Infocommunications Superhighway....Pages 81-90
The Competition Down Under....Pages 91-94
China Comes up Huge....Pages 95-99
Deregulation Shakes the Continent....Pages 105-106
The U.K. Testbed....Pages 107-110
Deutsche Telekom: Fibering the East, Fighting Competition....Pages 111-114
France Adjusts—At Times Painfully....Pages 115-118
A Continent Demanding to Keep up....Pages 121-126
Instantaneous Global Communications....Pages 129-131
Back Matter....Pages 133-135

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A re-working of C.D. Chaffee's previously published The Rewiring ofAmerica (Academia, 1988), this professional book describes the fiber optics revolution. There have been many changes in the fiber optics field since the book's first publication. These include advances in optical networking; the additional bandwidth created by the Internet and associated data services; liberalization of the global telecommunications industry; and the rewiring of the world's oceans with fiber optics. Building the Global Fiber Optics Superhighway details all these developments. C.D. Chaffee writes: `One thing is clear: as our networks become primarily data-driven, they need to be built differently, to be able to handle data first, but also voice. It is a different way of looking at the world.'
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
A Global Footprint....Pages 17-24
The Business of Ocean Fiber....Pages 25-30
The Rerewiring of America....Pages 35-56
Fiber Sprouts in Mexico....Pages 57-59
The Canadian Presence....Pages 61-69
Bandwidth as Precious Commodity....Pages 71-75
Japan’s Twenty-First Century Infocommunications Superhighway....Pages 81-90
The Competition Down Under....Pages 91-94
China Comes up Huge....Pages 95-99
Deregulation Shakes the Continent....Pages 105-106
The U.K. Testbed....Pages 107-110
Deutsche Telekom: Fibering the East, Fighting Competition....Pages 111-114
France Adjusts—At Times Painfully....Pages 115-118
A Continent Demanding to Keep up....Pages 121-126
Instantaneous Global Communications....Pages 129-131
Back Matter....Pages 133-135
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