Fiber is also used to replace copper cable for LAN backbones. An optical fiber is constructed of a transparent core made of nearly pure silicon dioxide (SiO2), through which the light travels.

An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MOX Networks, LLC (“MOX”), a leading fiber-optic network specialist, is excited to announce its acquisition of spectrum from Google on the Transpacific, Topaz subsea cable ...