On Sat, Jul 2, 2016 at 2:37 AM, David Lochrin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Jan, the light pulses still consist of electromagnetic radiation and the > fibre is, effectively, a waveguide. Hence the pulses become "smeared out" > because the glass doesn't handle the frequency spectrum equally (group > distortion), and there's some loss near the glass surface too, even with > modern fibre, besides simple attenuation. This is what a modern GPON splitter looks like http://newimg.globalmarket.com/PicLib/431/3057431/prod/0_1377156173027_l.jpg From the splitter you can run fibre great lengths to each house. It's not sucessive splitting an already split line. The line is split just ONCE in a single device, THINK "star" topology. Then you can run the fibre to each home. It works, it's been installed world-wide, and the technology is not really that new. I don't know what else can be said... FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act Durante épocas de Engaño Universal, decir la verdad se convierte en un Acto Revolucionario - George Orwell _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
