“I first started working on passive optical networks in 1978.”
Dave Payne, Head of Future Networks team at BT Adastral Park, pointing out that optical networking has always taken time to develop.
“Everyone got fooled when WDM came on. There was a clear need but it didn’t change the architecture: one fibre now looked like 16. Now carriers are re-architecting the network, with all the software and control.”
Ferris Lipscomb, vice president of marketing at optical component company, NeoPhotonics, explaining why the agile components that made optical the hottest high-tech sector in 1999 and 2000 are only now being deployed.
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