RE: What kind of cable is this?

["Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>]

Almost all cable you will work with will have identifying 
characteristics on the sheath i.e. what it is, who made it, and
what standard it conforms to.
 
That would be the better search criteria.

-M<



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:05 AM
> To: nanog () merit edu
> Subject: What kind of cable is this?
>
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> http://homepage.mac.com/smurphy/PhotoAlbum28.html
>
> Guy I know in Canada came across a 7200 foot spool of what 
> appears to be 
> single-strand fibreoptic cable.
>
> He's trying to find out its properties, UV rating, etc. Any 
> information 
> available would be great.
>
> I Googled for the part numbers (so did he) and came up empty. Siecor 
> appears to be "Corning Cable Systems" now and their website was 
> unhelpful, to say the least.
>
> If anyone has any information or knows much about this stuff, 
> could you 
> drop me a note offlist?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jonathan