The Metronet Demystified

This brief video explains in plain English how the connection service, Zing works. Don't worry; it's easy.

Just like a light switch controls the flow of electricity, there is hardware at the end of fiber optic cable to control the waves of light on which information travels. Fiber optic cable is the same physically whether or not it is lit. The only difference between dark fiber and lit fiber is that lit fiber has equipment to control light-waves.

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Science & Technology

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• Metronet
• Zing
• dark
• fiber
• connection
• bandwidth
• St.
• Joe
• Valley