> > I read in a newspaper interview, that our IEC have fiber inside the > > power lines. > that's one of the oddest things I've heard lately. where can I read > that? how and why would anyone embed a fragile little FO in a heavy > steel cable, that hangs and stretches by it's own weight, reaching high > temperatures at junctions etc.? plus when you tie two ends of such wires > you don't just use a clamp now, you have to connect the ends of the two > fragile FO cores as well... sounds VERY odd to me.
If you have a good look at a pylon (amood hashmal) the next time you see one, you will notice that it has six arms carrying heavy cables, and then a very small single cable that runs over its "head". This is the earth wire, which carries minimal current, is very light weight and is the traditional location for a fibre-optic cable. Every sensible up-to-date electric distribution company does the same thing. If they are smart they will also sell the bandwidth, I cannot imagine them needing an entire fibre-optic (100+ Gbit/s) just for themselves. R.P. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
