Southern Utah Business Magazine (Spring 2022)

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Have You Had Your Fiber Today? By Daniel P. Rhodes, Managing Partner, CT Solutions

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t is hard to believe the first interstate copper telephone cable was set up 137 years ago in 1885. The technology relies on a small amount of electric current to carry the voice from one end of the cable to the other. One copper wire is supplied to send a signal while the other is allocated to receive. This technology has since advanced to include the ability to send digital signals in addition to voice. Like the railroads, copper wire communication networks have been deployed from coast to coast. They have played a large part in the economic and social growth of every country on the globe.

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