1. Telecom is poised to go terabit.
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Overton, Gail and Hecht, Jeff
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CONFERENCES & conventions , *FIBER optics , *OPTICAL fibers , *BANDWIDTHS , *TELECOMMUNICATION systems , *BROADBAND communication systems - Abstract
Information on the Optical Fiber Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) held on February 24-28, 2008 in San Diego, California is presented. The conference highlighted the growing need for bandwidth and telecommunications industry has looked into terabit networks to address the demand. Chief technical officer (CTO) Pieter Poll of Qwest Communications mentioned that Qwest's Internet traffic has been doubling every 16 months.
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- 2008