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We have to change our mode of thinking from what we used to be, electrical, to optical. It's just a new area that we have to venture in and thanks to the schools that are providing it, we really have to say, what are we looking at now? We're going to have to change our thinking to go with a new generation or we're going to be left behind.
[Fiber optics is the science of transmitting data, voice, and images by the passage of light through thin, transparent fibers.] Fiber optic communication is more--as I said, more concentrated. You may have triple that in optical serving more customers in the smaller area, more compressed area. So one [fiber optic] cable may have 1,000 customers compared to one cable over here, electrical, may serve 100. So there's a lot more to it.
The probability of its working better is there, also, because it is clearer and it's more definite and it's--we also supply or provide backup routes in case there's a failure. So there's a lot of good pluses in going optical.
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