Re: Half Fibre Pair

[Rod Beck <rod.beck () unitedcablecompany com>]

How much spectrum is a half fibre? It must be standardized in some fashion.

Regards,

Roderick.

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Subject: Re: Half Fibre Pair



On 1/26/21 22:51, Rod Beck 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.

It is language used in the submarine world, where a member of the consortium may not be able to afford a full fibre 
pair on the system.

Don't take it literally :-).

Mark.