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The latest way to transmit information to many people is called . Fiber is lightweight and flexible, two factors that make it make it easy to handle and install. This is one of the advantages for crews running fiber lines throughout a series of poles or undergro ....

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.... cost of fiber systems by allowing a single laser to be shared among multiple receivers. The smallest, final span of cable, called the drop, is the portion of the network that runs between the last place where the signal is split to the home of the subscriber. at this time, the drop portion of the network is exclusively coaxial cable; however, cable operators and equipment vendors alike are exploring ways to make fiber an economic alternative to coax. Cable TV operators are evaluating a variety of new services, among the most promising are: alternative access, personal communications networks, video on demand, interactive services, digital compr ....