Chapter 110: Peak Loop?
Do what you think!
Catherine sprang into action immediately.
She immediately wrote a report on optical fibers and explained the convenience and safety of optical fibers in their applications.
Catherine then decided to submit her report on fiber optics to the Pentagon.
Regarding the matter of optical fiber, Catherine is still very secretive, and she asked Sanders to come forward in this matter, and she hid behind.
What would be the consequences if Pentagon phones could no longer be tapped?
The short answer is that a group of embarrassed KGB went to great lengths to find out who invented and promoted the program, and then kidnapped them to the Soviet Union or killed them outright......
It's not impossible, it's very possible!
So Catherine was very careful.
As for the FBI, Catherine isn't worried. After all, she didn't do anything to endanger U.S. national security, and she didn't have to be paranoidly guarded against the FBI like the protagonists in some novels. Moreover, at this time, the FBI's monitoring of government officials was far stronger than that of these businessmen. Although Catherine's career is very open, it is unlikely that the FBI will dig into the ground.
CIA, they're probably more annoying to the KGB, right? As for domestic matters, the CIA rarely deals with them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Catherine's report was handed over, it caused a riot or surprise.
Fiber optics can completely prevent the possibility of eavesdropping during the transmission stage, and while eavesdroppers are still useful, many of the eavesdropping will fail, so it is obvious that the privacy and confidential content of officials can be discussed much easier. The generals also welcomed this. In particular, they believe that fiber optics should be used in the military.
Optical fiber is indeed more convenient than copper fiber in the military, or even better, and it is even more so for the protection of military secrets.
ARPA is also interested. Because the loss of fiber transmission is very small. Although "historically" low-loss fibers only appeared in the 1970s, the loss of fibers is now very low compared to copper fibers.
Moreover, the information that optical fiber can transmit can be said to be unlimited (compared to the present), which also means that any data transmission can even be completed in an instant!
You must know that the capacity of the current storage medium is not more than a fraction of that of optical fiber transmission!
The Pentagon quickly discussed it and gave Catherine an additional $30 million in the process.
To Catherine's surprise, the Pentagon's appropriation for Catherine was quickly approved by Congress. Congress has even added $20 million and asked telecommunications companies to develop fiber-optic cable lines for members of Congress.
Catherine couldn't help but sigh, the United States in the 60s was really an insecure place.
That's right, because at this time, in addition to investigating crimes, the FBI also often launched investigations of dissidents. Martin Luther King, Jr., Chaplin, and others have all been investigated by the FBI.
The best way not to provoke the other party is to "go the right way".
If the course is not correct, the larger the company, the more reactionary it is, and the FBI will find it unpleasant. When the time comes, when the FBI investigates, it doesn't mean that you have to cooperate with the investigation.
From this, Catherine also decided whether she should support a political party or something.
The United States does not welcome the centrist moderation, especially on the issue of politics, if there is no obvious bias, it will often be regarded as a grass on the wall, and the result can only be tragic.
Especially after fiber optic communications received the attention of Congress.
-- It's not just the KGB that is staring at the United States, but the FBI is the biggest boss. Despite this, Catherine has no intention of giving up the $50 million. And as long as you are correct in the political statement, even if the FBI sees that you are unhappy, at most it will monitor yourself.
Maybe they've been doing it for a long time, but Catherine hasn't noticed it.
In terms of optical fiber in civilian use, Catherine still has no dead heart.
She always wanted to lay fiber optics.
After thinking about it for a long time, Catherine had a solution, first lay the backbone network, then convert it through guò, and finally use the analog signal to the home!
It seems to be good, but Catherine still thinks it's unrealistic, in this case, it's better to use copper fiber directly!
The cost of fiber optics is cheap, but with the addition of converters, the price goes up. If you want to experience the advantages of optical fiber, unless you are laying intercity fiber optic cables. ,
From a long-range point of view, optical fiber transmission capacity is large, and there is no fear of signal loss. Even now, before the advent of low-loss fibers, fiber technology still has less loss than copper. And the longer the distance, the more obvious the cost advantage of fiber over copper fiber.
After all, the material of optical fibers, quartz sand, is not valuable, while copper fiber is very valuable.
As for the intercity network?
That's not Catherine's problem, this matter is also in the hands of the U.S. government, and if you interfere by yourself, the biggest possibility is not to become a rich man, but to be "river crab".
But soon, Catherine found another unlucky child, Wall Street.
If there is one place that is most afraid of being wiretapped, it is definitely not the Pentagon, nor the US Congress, but Wall Street.
Catherine decided to start a fiber optic business on Wall Street.
She first contacted several accounting firms and then asked them if they were interested.
Because the information of the accounting firm is very important to the company, if this aspect is leaked, the consequences are unimaginable. It is quite possible to cause oscillations in the stock market.
Many companies in the United States entrust their accounting and statistical operations to third parties, so that their own impartiality and objectivity are guaranteed. But third parties are also human beings after all, so there is a high chance that they will be targeted by competitors, or there will be some leaks.
However, if there is optical fiber, the confidentiality measures will be raised to a higher level, and the possibility of leakage will be greatly reduced.
What's more, the profit it may bring them!
Think about it, if a company first has new confidentiality measures, generally the more important large customers will probably choose such a company, right?
As a result, all kinds of new businesses will roll in, and the company's benefits will be greatly increased!
In order to ensure that customers are not lost, other companies can only assume Catherine's optical fiber......
There are many things that need to be kept secret on Wall Street, and Catherine's doing so is just a stepping stone.
Like securities companies, for them, the need for confidentiality is higher than that of accounting companies.
After getting in touch with them, Catherine was full of confidence, and at this time, another good news came - the successful development of the Z80 civilian version.
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