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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 less than half of AT&T's telephone grid...
...virus from or passed it to. Dannemeyer, who supported an earlier, unsuccessful ballot proposition requiring the quarantine of AIDS patients, says he backs 102 because "we have a duty to know whether we have a fatal disease coursing through our veins, and we have a duty not to transmit it to another human being...
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...
...networks is fiber-optic cable, which can greatly increase the number of channels brought into the home. Fiber optics will make possible a new array of home services, such as video shopping and information retrieval. The technology could come more quickly, moreover, if telephone companies are allowed to transmit cable programming over fiber- optic lines; the FCC is contemplating asking Congress to permit just that...
...damage is insidious. Noise above 100 decibels -- a whining power saw, for example -- flattens the tiny hairs in the inner ear that transmit sound to the nerves. These hairs usually return to normal, but repeated assaults by high-decibel rock -- concerts routinely hover around 120 -- can cause them to lose their resilience permanently. Stereo earphones blasting away for hours may be a greater threat than concerts. Says Audiologist Dr. Thomas H. Fay, of Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City: "It's like the nozzle of a fire hose has been stuck down the ear canal...