Eli5: how can a single data cable supply so many homes with different data at once, like for internet connections? Isn’t everything basically just 0s and 1s? If that’s the case how is it being organized and sent to the right place?

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Thanks for the answers! My biggest takeaway is about how bits work using different frequencies, and how fiber optics can use different colors to help organize data

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Answer 1

packets are coded with ip addresses, passwords & vlans. i’m actually curious what % of network traffic on fiber optic is actual data.