It is based on the precise relations of unbelievably tiny fiber connections.

If a household then wanted an optical fiber connection, service could be provided within a month.

Second, less than a third of those homes that can order a fiber connection have actually done so.

Each customer has its own dedicated fiber connection to the router, they add.

Of the 207 schools in the area, only 86 with 42,000 students have a fiber connection.

The phone companies hope the faster, more versatile fiber connections will allow them to sell voice, data and ultimately video services.

These names are based on how information is sent relative to the fiber optic connection between them.

All big office and apartment buildings would be given a fiber connection by 1997.

Soon they are going to a fiber connection and speeds will go up with likely more options.

Its products also allow phone companies to offer voice, data and video services to residential homes over fiber connections.