An curved arrow pointing right. Computer science Professor Paul Barford and a team of researchers recently published the first publicly available map of the US's long-haul fiber-optic cable network.

Today, there are hundreds of thousands of miles of fiber optic cables constantly transmitting data between nations. Produced by Alex Kuzoian Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from News Every time ...

also called optical line terminations (OLTs), serve as endpoints for passive optical networks (PONs). They convert electrical signals from equipment managed by a service provider to fiber optic ...