11.   At least eight fiber optic cables belonging to these companies were deliberately cut.

12.   Avantel can bypass local networks with fiber optic cables or through microwave point-to-point frequencies, cutting out interference and improving sound quality.

13.   A construction crew sliced through a fiber optic cable on Wednesday, interrupting MCI long-distance telephone calls between Washington and New York.

14.   A fiber optic cable was cut, stopping service to South Florida Sprint customers, Sprint spokesman Charles Fleckenstein said from Kansas City.

15.   A. There are companies that are building out fiber optic cable.

16.   A. It is true that in some cases, like fiber optic cable, there are ridiculous inventory excesses.

17.   ABLETELECOM -- Able Telecom, the fiber optic cable installer, loses another chief executive.

18.   AFCI says its product is effective with both old-fashioned copper wire and more modern fiber optic cable.

19.   Already fiber optic cable links to Vatican Television are in place.

20.   But for corporations or government agencies that can link offices with fiber optic cables, the method could provide a new kind of security.