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Competition from rivals MCI and Sprint hastened the move. Both companies can undercut AT&T's tolls on long-distance calls because their networks use fiber- optic cable almost exclusively. The light-wave lines, which transmit a signal faster than ordinary cables and produce clearer sound than satellite communications, form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ma Bell Gets Wired | 12/12/1988 | See Source »

In actuality, the Quad may be the easiest place to begin testing the cable service. According to Hastings, cables with the capacity to provide up to 8 or even 16 channels were installed in each student's suite during the latest renovation, and although currently unallocated, they may conceivably be...

Author: By Jacques H. Scharoun, | Title: Cable Hookups Likely By '89 | 12/3/1988 | See Source »

When underground electric cables had to be laid in the Estonian capital of Tallinn this summer, a call went out for community help. Working mostly with shovels, some 5,000 volunteers dug a trench more than a mile long in one night. A Soviet television reporter asked a ruddy-faced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Back in The Baltics | 10/24/1988 | See Source »

Chatfield said yesterday that the library chose to transmit HOLLIS signals to the public terminals by standard telephone lines instead of by "relatively expensive" specialized HOLLIS cables. She also said "a small technical problem" was causing difficulties in the linkup between Baker and the main HOLLIS computer.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B-School's HOLLIS Delayed | 10/21/1988 | See Source »

At the base of the north tower's spiral staircase were piled drills, cables, sand blasters and a variety of other tools. The tower definitely needs the work; the stairs are rusted and the bricks mossy. The caretaker told us that a day's rainstorm lasts for three extra days...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Saving Beacons of History | 10/20/1988 | See Source »

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