The statistics show that 25 percent of internet connections in the United States use Fiber Optics. Gone are the days of dial-up internet, as the use of fiber optics spreads worldwide, copper wire connections will also soon be a thing of the past. Things are evolving at a rapid rate and we now have access to the …
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Fiber Cables or Copper Cables? That is the Question When you are building a network that requires long distances, high speeds, and/or heavy bandwidth connections, there is no question: fiber optic cables win the day. To understand why, and where copper cables may still be the best solution, it’s important to understand the differences between the two. …
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Fiber optics, or optical fiber, refers to the medium and the technology associated with the transmission of information as light pulses along a glass or plastic strand or fiber. Fiber optics is used long-distance and high-performance data networking. Fiber optic cables are used since they hold a number of advantages over copper cables, such as …
Vibrations from loud events like lightning pass from the air to the Earth’s surface. Underground fiber optic telecommunications, which carry internet and phone service, can pick up the rumble of thunder underground, an advance that can offer scientists a new way to detect environmental hazards, and image deep inside the Earth. The study, published in …
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Eskom, which is going to cost the government R150bn over the next decade, is cited as the single-biggest threat to SA’s fortunes. However, with some creativity the power utility could take fast internet to the masses. It is sitting on a fibre gold mine. While the public has every right to be angry and demand …
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Light has travelled through a wood-based optical fibre, offering the possibility of biodegradable Internet of Things (IoT) sensors or simple moisture monitors. Researchers at VTT made the new fibre, which has a core of wood cellulose modified with ionic solvents developed at the Finnish research centre. The core has a cladding of cellulose acetate. Light …
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Over the last decade, South Africa has seen excellent developments in international, long haul, and metro fibre networks, and it is now time to focus on last-mile fibre rollouts. This is the view of Octotel executive director Rob Gilmour, who spoke to MyBroadband about South Africa’s fibre network developments. To find out more about this …
ETH researchers have shown that we can use the structure of urban road networks to predict their traffic capacity. This information enables urban and transportation planners to quantify how changes will influence traffic volumes. People who commute by car will have an idea of what “traffic capacity” means, drawn from their own experience: as a …
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have improved a method for small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to such an extent that it can now be used in the development or quality control of novel fiber-reinforced composites. This means that in the future, such materials can be investigated not only with X-rays from especially powerful …
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South African businesses from enterprise to SMEs are beginning to see the benefits of cloud solutions. This is thanks – in part – to the influx of globally recognised cloud service providers such as Azure landing in South Africa. This local accessibility removes much of the regulatory hassle and high costs associated with cloud migration. There …
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