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Breaking Ground: How are fiber-optic cables made?

Breaking Ground: How are fiber-optic cables made?

Update: 2024-08-26
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Bringing high-speed internet access to every U.S. household is one goal of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. To do that, we’re gonna need a lot more fiber-optic cables. Per the Build America Buy America Act, the $42 billion in federal funding designated for expanding high-speed internet access has to be spent on American-made cables and the optical fibers that make them up. So in this episode, we’ll visit a factory in Claremont, North Carolina, to see how they’re made and learn why the U.S. wants fiber prioritized over other ways to connect to the internet.

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Breaking Ground: How are fiber-optic cables made?

Breaking Ground: How are fiber-optic cables made?

Marketplace / Kai Ryssdal