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Article #7555Re: fiber optic cable
From: Dave Michelson
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:26
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:26
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In article <C0ozH8.4p4.1@cs.cmu.edu> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov (John Roberts) writes: > >Does anybody (the phone companies or the military, for instance) use >fiber optic cable that's stiff enough to reduce the risk of breaking? > I thought I had just mentioned this in a recent post. Northern Telecom encountered the same problem when laying fibre optic cables underground using a "ditch witch". Their mechanical engineers came up with a sheath (I vaguely recall it has a helical structure) which takes up the tension and protects the cable from breaking. Anyone from NT on the net? -- Dave Michelson davem@ee.ubc.ca
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!cs.ubc.ca!fs1.ee.ubc.ca!davem From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson) Subject: Re: fiber optic cable Message-ID: <1993Jan12.012652.3336@ee.ubc.ca> Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering References: <C0ozH8.4p4.1@cs.cmu.edu> Distribution: sci Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 01:26:52 GMT Lines: 16