Re: Half Fibre Pair

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

Back in the day, there were these things called half-circuits or half-cables.

Telephone companies in different countries would “share” a cable under the ocean, where the company in each country 
would own “half” the cable - i.e. from their shore to the middle of the ocean.

I have no idea what the context here is, but ….

-- 
TTFN,
patrick

> On Jan 26, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Ben Cannon <ben () 6by7 net> wrote:
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> I’d internet that to be a really weird way to describe a single strand as well, but I could see a confused person 
> asserting it’s 44 out of 88 wavelengths? I’ve never heard that.
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> > On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:51 PM, Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Can someone explain to me what is a half fibre pair? I took it literally to mean a single fibre strand but someone 
> > insisted it was a large quantity of spectrum. Please illuminate. On or off list as you please. 
> >
> > Regards, 
> >
> > Roderick. 
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