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Clark said fiber-optic companies note the county’s population density and need for such infrastructure.—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026 The increasing use of fiber-optic cables instead of copper wiring inside data centers is a big win for Corning, Cramer said.—Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026 Well, many people listening to us or watching us will remember the dot-com bust, which followed a huge wave of investment in the 1990s in all kinds of infrastructure of the internet, especially fiber-optic cable.—David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 But the South China Morning Post has speculated that the tool could pose a threat to the fiber-optic cables linking to Pacific islands such as Guam, the US overseas territory that hosts several military bases.—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiber-optic