pitbull481 Posted February 28, 2005 CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 I Keep hearing about cable optics.What is it? What is does? Blah Blah Blah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blako Posted February 28, 2005 CID Share Posted February 28, 2005 FIBER OPTICS is the technology of using bursts of light as a medium of transfering data compared to packets being used in home networks or pulses of eletricty being used in phone lines. "The technology in which communication signals in the form of modulated light beams are transmitted over a glass fiber transmission medium. Fiber optic technology offers high bandwidth, small space needs and protection from electromagnetic interference, eavesdropping and radioactivity." There is a lot of science and math in the use of fiber opticts, I'll try to talk plainly. OC3 (Optical Carrier Level 3, fiber optic, 2016 Voice Circuits at 155.520Mbps OC12 ".................................................................................." at 622.080Mbps OC-48 ".................................................................................." at (2.488Gbps). These are used in business aplications but, The largest fiber optics are only used to bridge the flow of data across contenents or oceans as below: http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/williamscommunications_large.gif http://www.cybergeography.org/atlas/alcatel_large.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted March 1, 2005 CID Share Posted March 1, 2005 And it has been around a long time only not used this way. The first time I worked with FO was in 1970 it was being used in a machine that I was helping to build . The machine was used to make the photos used for print media for newspapers.... Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted March 1, 2005 CID Share Posted March 1, 2005 OC = Speed OC-1 = 51.85 Mbps OC-3 = 155.52 Mbps OC-12 = 622.08 Mbps OC-24 = 1.244 Gbps OC-48 = 2.488 Gbps OC-192 = 9.952 Gbps OC-255 = 13.21 Gbps there is more oc-255 would fill my HD in 5 seconds LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps2mike Posted March 1, 2005 CID Share Posted March 1, 2005 I'll have one OC-225 plz! Those speeds would be so uber it would crash testmy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted March 1, 2005 CID Share Posted March 1, 2005 Fiber isnt only OC-xxx connections. T1 and T3 (including verizion FIOS) is also Fiber Optics. 8/8 10 / 10 25/25 50/50 100/100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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