I was in a 1990s apartment building in Portland when I saw my first fiber splice

We were running coax for a new cable package, and the building manager showed us the telecom room where they'd just installed a fiber line. I watched the tech fuse two hair-thin glass strands together with a little machine that looked like a sci-fi movie prop. That was the moment I knew copper was on the way out (even if it took a while). Anyone else remember the first time you saw fiber being worked on?

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fionaf1926d ago

Seeing that first fiber splice really was a glimpse of the future. It felt like watching history happen right in front of you, even if the changeover took years. I had a similar moment of understanding that things would never be the same.

linda_knight5125d ago

Wait, you actually saw a fiber splice happen? @fionaf19 that's wild. I figured that stuff was all done in some secret lab.