The Fiber Optic Association Reference Guide To Broadband: How Fiber Optics Revolutionized Communications And Made Broadband Possible (FOA Reference Textbooks On Fiber Optics) by Jim Hayes

Previously published as The Fiber Optic Association Guide To Fiber Broadband by Jim Hayes Broadband, what many today call high speed Internet access, has become a necessity for everyone, not a luxury. The technology that makes broadband possible is fiber optics, connecting the continents, cities, and just about everybody. Even fiber to the home (FTTH) brings broadband to hundreds of millions worldwide. How does all this broadband work? Without fiber optics it would not work. This book will try to explain not only how broadband works, but how it was developed. It is intended to be an introduction to communications technology appropriate for a communications course in junior high, high school or college or for anyone who just wonders how all the Internet works.