http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/ Engadget Comments for Corning develops bendable fiber optic cable http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 25th 2007 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/ So I could could play 'Cat's Cradle' with this stuff and have hundreds of gigabits of data pouring through my fingers every second, huh ?


I find the concept strangely appealing...]]>Jul 24th 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/Jul 24th 2007 9:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/24/corning-develops-bendable-fiber-optic-cable/The cost is not in the fiber or in the issues around bend-ability of the fiber, as one of the comments points out they do a loop and it still works fine, possibly this evolution of the fiber cable at Corning enhances and provides a better QoS.
The biggest cost still is the stack that one has to deploy at either end of the Fiber cable in converting the digital signal to a light signal and back.
Currently for Verizon it is approximately $1200 per residence to roll out this service and in larger cities like NYC or LA the costs go up significantly.
For a Telco like Verizon deploying Fiber is not necessarily to increase revenues but a matter of survival. They are investing $2Billion a year over the course of the next 10 years to offer this service, for the investments being made there is not much appreciation in market value for Verizon or any other Telco.
Cable companies offer the speeds and the ability to provide High Def Television, Voice and Data and for a Telco it is a matter of survival. Thus stocks will not appreciate for the infrastructure upgrades they are having to make as it may very well not bring in any additional revenues.
Possibly we shall have an enlightened FCC and make it fair to all who may want to provide services to the Consumer and not be part of a protectionist Corporate structure that presently exists.
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