About two decades ago, the internet was still crawling in its baby stages. At that point the main medium of data transfer was coaxial cables, made out of copper. The maximum speeds would go into kilobits per second. Few households could afford to have internet connectivity throughout the day.
In recent years, more impressive and advanced technological developments such as ADSL (assymetric digital subscriber line) came in to play escalating internet speed limits without bounds. Therefore, the term broadband internet connectivity was used to refer to these systems. While bringing faster internet connectivity, it also helped reduce cost. So ADSL was a massive success in many places across the globe.
Wi-Fi systems were introduced further down the line which popularized the internet users due to its convinience of being able to get online and share content.
The next new comer was 3G technology for mobiles which gave users more mobility on the run/ However, this solution was quite costly to begin with.
Recently, fiber optic technology was introduced and has so far proved to be much more efficient compared to coaxial cables or even 3G networks. It consists of miniscule threads like wires made entirely of glass or plastic.It uses total internal reflection of light to transmit data in the form of pulses. Unlike copper cables , in the case of fiber optic technology, energy is not lost during the transmission, therefore making it more efficient. Optical fiber used in fiber optic technology, have no interference due to other electromagnetic waves during transmission allowing for more accurate transmission of data.
Fiber optic technology of course does come with higher badnwith and faster connectivity than ADSL or 3G. A single optical fiber can transmit mich more dta per second than any large copper cable thus, fiber optic technology comes as a cheaper alternative.
We are looking for a brighter future as far as fiber optic systems technology is concerned. A future where data transmission will be much faster and the costs will be lower.
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