Cablevision is spending $700 million to upgrade all of its cable systems with fiber optic strands and digital switches.

Another common practice is to bundle many fiber optic strands within long-distance power transmission cable.

For example, much of the fiber strands and laser-based equipment in communications networks will be obsolete in a few years.

The company makes most of the equipment that lets fiber optic strands transmit data, dominating its market, he said.

The national backbone has likely 1,000s of fiber strands unlit.

A bundle of slender, shimmering fiber strands glinted up at him.

The man's wrists were bound together behind his back and his ankles were secured with tough fiber strands.

The doctor may need to use a specialized camera lens made of fiber optic strands.

They're efficient, in that each fiber optic strand can serve up to 32 users.

Later, you might try forming the silica of the sand into glass, then ultimately convert it to a fiber optic strand.