In the optical communications industry, it's important to look back before you look forward. History has a way of putting the future into perspective. Many of us have witnessed the communications industry roller coaster through the last decade as new applications have continued to expand the need for bandwidth, while multiple service providers put infrastructures in place to compete for the business. The Internet evolved from an American academic and governmental research network to a global information network used by businesses, individuals, and institutions to exchange e-mail, music, data, graphics, and even telephone calls and full-length movies. And we haven't yet seen the end, as Internet traffic, on average, continues to double each year.
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