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4 Mar 2013 21:00

The greatest LAN ever. The world's largest fiber-optic local network is going behind the walls at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. Replacing copper wires with a fiber-optic network will give the labs the speed they need to support research on nuclear security, and it will save them tons of money, according to the labs. Lab officials estimate they'll see $20 million in savings over five years, from energy savings and from not having to replace the optical fibers as frequently as you ha...
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