Lucent 5x fiber optics

Lucent Technologies, creators of all good things, have announced that they will be rolling out a new fiber optic "pump" later this year. This wonderful bit o' technology will supposdly allow the fiber optic cable to be used 5x times as much--400 gigabits per second. Called Wave Star, it will be in beta testing 3Q of this year, and AT&T (surprise!) will be the first company to use it. AT&T, Lucent's parent, continues to benefit from one of the greatest research institutions ever, Bell Labs.