3/20/13

Fast track is a tier 2 internet supplier who develops the infrastructure of fiber optics in the four corners. Fiber optics are very thin strands of glass that travel through cable, light can be pulsed through the cable in a pattern of 1s and 0s so that data can be transferred from one end to another. This light can be broken down into different colors in a spectrum and each color can be pulsed individually to create individual channels through a individual strand. Fiber optics travel at the speed of light but can decrease over time, one of the things I found the most interesting was that to make the light travel farther, very strong lights were pointed at the strand and the molecules of that light would speed up the light already passing through the strand. I got to splice a strand of fiber optic on my own.

I also went to a local business that supplied virtual computers and cloud service. They introduced my to the idea of a different type of operating system than Microsoft or Apple. Lynx, and the different variables of it are an open source free operating system that allows you to change and customize your interface, Currently Lynx is less restrictive to work than any other operating system.