1.   Cable television providers are either upgrading their coaxial cable or installing fiber optic links.

2.   For instance, long-distance and local telephone operators are laying new high-speed fiber optic links to the home.

3.   The MFS deal gave Worldcom not only direct, local fiber optic links to business customers, but also the Uunet Internet operation run by Sidgmore.

4.   Its Asian arm operates fiber optic links between Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines.

5.   It was not clear if other countries in the region were affected by the break in the Asia Pacific Cable Network, or APCN, a fiber optic link.