Every child of the ’70s remembers the first mainstream application of fiber optics: Color-changing lamps that were as cheap as they were mesmerizing. Nowadays fiber has to handle more serious but just ...

Fiber optics allow you to search the internet, text your friends and check your social media feeds. They also have geological, security and manufacturing applications.

Can we use WiMax technology as a backbone (say to replace fiber optics) with the same efficiency as fiber? We want to connect equipment between cities. Can we use WiMax and have sufficient bandwidth?

CU Boulder has hundreds of miles of fiber optics that are used as the backbone of network data connectivity across the campus. In order to properly manage the fiber assets, the Office of Information ...