I work in telecom, basically a fiber optic tech. I don't do splicing and cables, my world starts where the fiber cable is terminated into the splicing panels. I'm on call 24/7/365, and my territory runs approx. 300 miles east, west and south of Denver.

There's the fiber cables in the ground running all over the world, and then there's the electronic equipment that's connected to those fibers, that's MY world. I maintain that equipment at 15 remote sites from Grand Junction to Norton, KS, and down to Raton, NM. Plus all the fiber optic circuits at our main switch site in Denver, which is a huge job in itself.

Primarily huge transport circuits for data and voice, from 45mbps up into several terabytes of bandwith. Thank God I don't have to operate that equipment, I just replace components and install/disconnect circuits. Basically, I'm a pothole filler on the Information Superhighway. Worst part is a large amount of my work has to be done after midnight, regardless of where I have to go. So I get to drive in lots of nighttime snowstorms. Yay.