Start off the week by flexing those mind muscles. Test your fiber, telecom, and technology knowledge with us every other Monday on LinkedIn and see how you rank among your peers. Check below to see if you got it right.
April 4, 2022
Q. It took about one year to connect the first phone line from New York to San Francisco. How many telephone poles did it take to support the copper wire?
A. The line from New York to San Francisco was supported by 130,000 telephone poles.
March 21, 2022
Q. How long is the world’s longest optical submarine telecommunications cable?
A. The world’s longest optical submarine telecommunications cable is SEA-ME-WE 3 which connects 33 countries and spans 39,000 kilometers.
March 7, 2022
Q. What is the 6th digit after the decimal place in pi (π)?
A. The 6th digit after the decimal place in pi (π) is 2 (3.141592).
February 21, 2022
Q. Which US city was the first to send telephone traffic through fiber optic cabling?
A. In 1977, Long Beach, California was the first US city to send telephone traffic through fiber optic cabling.
February 7, 2022
Q. When was the first transatlantic fiber cable completed?
A. The first transatlantic fiber cable, called TAT-8, connected the US to France and Britain in 1988.
