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The Computer Journal 1997 40(1):1-11; doi:10.1093/comjnl/40.1.1
© 1997 by British Computer Society
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From Copper to Glass: the Right Idea, Decisions and Investments at the Right Time....

P. Cochrane

BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK

If one technology is responsible for the telecommunications revolution we currently enjoy, it is optical fibre. It now dominates as the global bit carrier and yet is unseen, little understood, and lacks general acclaim. The story of its rise from an exhausted past of copper cables entails a series of remarkable and time-critical decisions that span the life of monopolistic national carriers, through to the faster moving and far more competitive world of today. But the story is far from over—optical fibre is still in its infancy and has much more to offer. It will ultimately become the basis and founding technology of the information superhighway, and eradicate much of the electronics currently limiting our ability to communicate.


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