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------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]>
Sent: 4/17/2017 5:13:36 PM
Subject: [AFMUG] Butterfly Drop Cable

A vendor just sent me a sample of what they call a "butteryfly" drop cable.

It's dirt friggin cheap. Like $0.09/foot. Hopefully my little picture comes through.

The steel measures .042" dia which is somewhere around 18AWG.

You can get it with 1 or 2 bare fibers, and you access them by peeling apart the two aramid strength members.

The cheapness is tantalizing. Will I regret this vs a "normal" flat drop cable like Superior Essex or Corning? They put corning glass inside the jacket so I'm not worried about the optical performance, but I'm wondering if it's rugged enough.

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