The future is fibre

摘要

Can a miracle take place if no one there to confer it on? Stated in terms of the telecom industry, is there a miracle of communications if the call doesn't go through? Both versions make the same point: even miracles depend on connections. Fibre optic technology has wrought a miracle, and untold numbers of people have benefited from it. Fibre optic communications, a system with enormous reach and the capability of carrying two-way traffic at lightning speeds, has revolutionized everything from the way we work to the way we wage war. It has also developed a demanding clientele for whom a delayed connection is disappointing; a poor connection, frustrating; and a broken connection, intolerable. Fibre optic telecommunications depends on reliable connectivity, and this is the sphere of cable making.