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| Click State for Fiber Optic Training Location & Registration Information. You Can Expect the Best Advanced And Basic Fiber Optic Training the Industry Has to Offer. |
| Fiber Optic Training Courses BDI DataLynk low cost, Advanced and Basic Fiber Optic Training Courses provides real world, hands on student activities. We believe a student should install, terminate, and test an actual fiber optics network during any fiber optic course. We put the Power of Light within your finger tips. |
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| FIBER OPTIC TRAINING EQUIPMENT Our basic CFOT training equipment and fixtures are easy to use and understand. We are a Standards-Based Company. We teach Procedures. . . NOT OPINIONS Prepare to Learn. |
| We Teach Procedures Not Opinions Since 1999 - Prepare to Learn. |
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| Our Students Say It . . . Our Training Proves It. You WILL NOT Receive Better Fiber Optics Training Anywhere But Here. |
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| Learn to Hold the Power of Light Within Your Finger Tips! BDI DataLynk Fiber Optics Training ... the only fiber optic network instruction you will ever need. |
| Read all about it HERE. |
| BDI DataLynk can customize our Fiber Optics Training Sessions to accommodate Customer's needs WORLDWIDE. Learn More HERE! |
| Teaching Procedures Not Opinions Since 1999. Prepare to Learn. |
| Our courses are sanctioned by a Fiber Optic Association (FOA) - NOT an Electronics Association (ETA). |
| We are sanctioned by the Fiber Optics Association (FOA), the largest Fiber Optics Related Organization in the world - NOT electronics (ETA) people, but fiber optics people. |
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| Using fiber in your network will create acceleration that is unimaginable! |
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| Training in the world. There is no better training available - anywhere! |
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| the world. Contact one of our campus partners or our office to get on the schedule. Or click HERE for more information. |
| For great Fiber Optic Employment Opportunities, Check Out Our New Site! Fiber Tech Jobs.Com |

| Photos compliments of CNN.Com |
| The story An undersea cable plugging east Africa into high speed Internet access went live Thursday, providing an alternative to expensive satellite connections. SEACOM, the cable provider company, opened its 17,000 kilometer submarine cable, capable of 1.28 terabytes per second, allowing the region true connectivity. Most Africans rely on expensive and slow satellite connections, which make the use of applications such as YouTube and Facebook extremely trying. Read Full Story! |
| Optical Cable Makes Big Promises for African Internet |

| As Technology Needs Grow, One Sector Has No Shortage of Jobs. Read Full Story! |
| Are You Really Looking For a Fiber Optics Project or Employment Opportunity or Are You Waiting For It To Find You? Visit: Fiber Tech Jobs. Com |
| AT&T to Invest Billions in Wireless and Fiber. (Is Your Resume in place?) Read Full Story! |
| Australia to Build $31 Billion Broadband Network Read Full Story! |
| Qwest to deliver fiber net to Denver-area school district. (Have You Sent Your Resume to Quest?) Read Full Story! |
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| exam and, upon successful course completion, formal certification from the Fiber Optic Association. |
| BDI DataLynk Instructors met the Challenge for Those That Meet The Challenge of Protecting America. |


| ALWAYS PURCHASE YOUR FIBER OPTICS TOOLS FROM A SUPPLIER THAT KNOWS WHAT YOU NEED! FIBER OPTICS TOOLS.COM Ranked # 1 by BOTH Yahoo and Google and #2 by MSN. Read Yahoo Report HERE. |
| Looking for a job? These projects should keep many fiber techs employed! Hint: Use the search function on the US Government sites, especially Recovery.gov, for "fiber" or "fiber optics" and/or your local state/city. Choosing "Recipient Reports Only" next to the search box or "Recipient Results Only" on the search results on Recovery.gov gives you funded projects only. Keep coming back to this site often, as new projects are being approved all the time. |
| Fiber Tech Employment Opportunities |
| US Stimulus Money for Broadband Funds Fiber Projects As we predicted earlier, much of the US Government's $7.2 billion BTOP stimulus package would go for fiber optic projects. Nothing expands broadband like fiber, so we were not surprised when many of the earliest projects approved involved fiber backbones or FTTH. Is Your Resume in Place? Here are a few of the first grants announced! |
| Fiber Deployment, Faster Broadband on Rise in Rural America A new survey by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) reveals that small rural communications providers are deploying fiber at an impressive pace, bringing faster high speed broadband service to America's rural communities (Are You Sending Your Resume Out or Are You Waiting For Someone To Call?) Read Full Story! |
| UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair Copper) Vs. STP (Shielded Twisted Pair Copper) For 10Gig Read the article HERE. "When will they learn that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. They've been installing copper every 5 years since the beginning of data time - and they still can't get it right." I wonder how much time and money was spent on this study. Just install fiber the first and only time and get the job done right! --- Install It. Test It. Forget It. --- |
| A few of our 100% satisfied customers |
| Naval Air Warfare Center Wyoming Air National Guard New York National Guard Valero Petroleum Time Warner Cable Shell Oil Company US Army US Coast Guard Boeing Aerospace NASA Century Telephone Cox Cable Ozark Electric US Federal Courts, South Texas Department of Homeland Security Chickasaw Nation Industries Enbridge Energy Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Veterans Administration |
| You Wish To Audit Our Courses? No. We do not transfer knowledge for free. Your Options: 1.) Contact any one of our Campus Partners for a referral. 2.) Contact the Fiber Optic Association for a referral. 3.) Contact any of our thousands of students for a referral. 4.) Read our Course Descriptions. 5.) Read about our company on the Internet. 6.) Pay for the transfer of knowledge like everyone else does. 7.) Contact the owner, Bob Ballard, and discuss the specific items covered in each class. 8.) Have Bob develop a course tailored to meet your needs. |
| Owner Comments: Please do not ask us to let someone "sit-in" on our courses to see what we teach. That person may not have a clue as to what we are talking about. Further, that person may be sitting in on a class that was specifically designed for a particular customer. If you want to know what we teach, how we teach it, and what results we expect, call us. We will be happy to tell you. --- Bob |
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| the Desk project in the world. Read about it HERE. |