1. Fiber Optic Applications By James Buckner The Sage Group

2. Military Uses High Speed communications links Battlefield vehicles Naval vessels Aircraft

3. Telephone and Communications Companies Long-haul transport using DWDM systems Submarine cables Metropolitan links of OC-3 and above Fiber rings to link wire centers and points of presence (POPs) Digital Subscriber Lines Extensions to remote DSLAMs.

4. Cable companies Digital Cable, which increases the number of channels available to customers High-speed internet over cable Digital, or IP Phone

5. Maritime and Offshore Uses Commercial vessels Offshore oil rigs Offshore platforms Gulf of Mexico undersea cable

6. Local Use of Fiber Refineries Fiber to the Home and Fiber to the Curb Verizon FiOS (DFW Metroplex) Ethernet connections in the office