Text to be hidden: “The era of the information revolution is upon us. Bandwidth, performance, reliability, cost efficiency,
resiliency, redundancy, and security are some of the demands placed on communications today. Since its initial
development, fiber optic systems have the advantage of most of these requirements over copper-based and wireless
telecommunications solutions. The largest obstacle preventing most businesses from implementing fiber optic systems
was cost. With the recent advancements in fiber optic technology and the ever-growing demand for more bandwidth, the
cost of installing and maintaining fiber optic systems has been reduced dramatically”.