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On a fiber-optic line: light. That's the only kind of energy that passes through the fiber. On wires: electrical signals in the form of AC currents. Without wires or anything else to carry the info: electromagnetic waves, such as for example -- radio, TV, microwave, infra-red or visible light beam. Some advantages of electromagnetic signalling are: -- easy to generate, and to impress information onto it -- easy to radiate and detect over great distances using small amounts of power -- easy to focus the available power in the desired direction of communication -- easy to separate the signal you want out of the flood of signals from thousands of other people all using the same technology to communicate -- no expense or physical infrastructure required between the end-points (running fiber via satellites would be difficult and expensive)

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