Hopefully, by the time this column is published, we will be over the hump of the COVID-19 outbreak. But while I hope for the best, I strongly suspect that viral infection fears may change the game for many industries, as small and large public meetings (such as my ADI Expo presentations and training classes) may be curtailed or delayed.

I have been training technicians in fiber optics since 2002. Increasingly fiber optics are being used in our industry for camera, voice evacuation systems and data communication connections.