Part one of term paper
Several trends are occurring in the field of telecommunications that will affect the electronic communication of information over distance. Continued Growth of Photonics (Fiber Optics) The national telecommunications network will continue to grow in service and capacity. A dominant technology providing this increased capacity is light wave ...

Part two of term paper
... in 1977, led to wide-scale use of the technology. In 1987, just ten years after the Chicago experiment, numerous telecommunications providers rushed to install light wave systems. The US Sprint network was the first to use a total fiber optic network to traverse the nation. By 1990, AT&T had installed 300 million miles of interexchange light wave networks. The advantages of light wave systems are many and include • freedom from electrical disturbance • tremendous bandwidth or ...