The Optical Fiber : A revolution for the Internet ?

Louis PEZÉ

The Internet Nowadays• Internet is more and more used

• The Internet Box

Internet access, television, telephone

• The internet access

Enables us to do many things..

Nowadays, How It Works ?• ADSL = Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

The most popular technology

Works on the telephone network

Enough old

Limited speed (about 20Mbit/s)

Limited use

The Optical Fiber

• Many advantages

Maximum speed

Less signal degradation

Low power

Less expensive than copper

How It Works ?

• Three parts : transmitter, optical fiber and optical receiver

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What About Internet ?

• A better quality

• More and more uses

All what we can do curently and

many other things..