11.   New fiber optic networks aside, MCI and the others will have to use Telmex lines that wire Mexico.

12.   The new fibers grew at a rate of one to two twenty-fifths of an inch per day, and were coated with ensheathing cells.

13.   The severed ends do not grow back together, or sprout new fibers that can restore missing functions.

14.   There are many reasons to believe that the vast new fiber optic network will similarly call forth unforeseen new applications.

15.   Using line-of-site transmission, it avoids the need to dig up streets to lay new fiber.

16.   While employment of the new fiber optic infrastructure here has so far been all business, that may change soon.

17.   Laying new fiber works best in smaller towns, where the legal and logistical hurdles to digging up the streets are less cumbersome.

18.   The new fibers mesh with the fibers surrounding the hole without adhesive.

19.   During the week, telecommunication issues rose following reports that Japanese companies would jointly introduce a new plastic fiber that would be much cheaper than current glass optical fiber.