Different Kinds of Optical Switches: The biggest problem with creating an all-optical network would be the switching; re-routing the information from source “A” to destination “B”. When information is sent, it does not flow directly from point A to point B. It passes through a series of switches that narrow the path down, and eventually the signal reaches point B. These switches have thousand’s of possible routes which information can be transfered. Right now, …showed first 75 words of 800 total…

…showed last 75 words of 800 total…which outgoing pipe to put the light into. So there are definitely some creative minds going into the development of this technology. There is also a lot of money going into it, funds are being sent to developers from many phone and television companies. They are all hoping to get a part of the wire that can carry multiple transmissions of different devices (i.e. internet, TV, phone). Fiber optics, the ultimate in transferring data.