Google fiber optic cable or read:
www.howstuffworks.com/fiber-optic.htm
www.arcelect.com/fibercable.htm
Do you know the actual construction of the Fios cable? While the data
transmission medium is glass fiber, there may well be a metal wire or jacket
component for tensile strength. If
A quotation from the second citation:
The modular design of loose-tube cables typically holds up to 12 fibers per
buffer tube with a maximum per cable fiber count of more than 200 fibers.
Loose-tube cables can be all-dielectric or optionally armored. The modular
buffer-tube design permits easy
This paragraph explicitly cites a steel central member which is likely
for tensile strength.
Surge protection or lightning protection?
I expect your connection will have enough insulation to protect against
surges. Any metal armor or support wire isn't going to be directly
connected to your
I just installed Verizon's FIOS service for both my
phone and video service. The CATV wire and the two
copper telephone lines I had coming to my house have
been removed. I am having a whole house surge
protector installed to protect my electrical service.
Do I need to worry about electrical
I'm no comms engineer, but I believe that FIOS, being glass fiber, has no
conducting material to bring any kind of electricity into the house. It should
be all blasts of light.
Dan
K Swab [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/19/2007 4:02 PM
I just installed Verizon's FIOS service for both my
phone and
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I'm no comms engineer, but I believe that FIOS, being glass fiber
At 06:13 PM 11/19/2007, Michel Lowe wrote:
That's affirmative. FiOS is safer from a lightning strike/surge point of
view since, as you say, all it is sending is light. Unlike the copper wires
it replaces the transmission medium does not conduct electricity.
-Mike
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