IDK what elsewhere uses but strand or (less common) span is the common term I've seen specifically for a passive piece of glass between two points.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Fletcher Kittredge <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the standard terminology for strands of dark fiber spliced together > to form a continuous path between points A and Z? > > I have seen: > > - *fiber circuit* [but also seen used to denote a connection at the > network layer over a physical fiber connection. This definition of circuit > would include the dark fiber path, the transmitters and receivers and logic > making up the data and network layers.] > - *fiber loop *[ Does a loop define an electrical circuit with two > physically separate positive and negative strands? In that case, is this a > Bellhead remnant? ] > > I am particularly interested in last mile systems, but I don't see any > reason that the term wouldn't be the same in the middle mile. > > thanks, > Fletcher > > -- > Fletcher Kittredge > GWI > 8 Pomerleau Street > Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 > 207-602-1134 -- "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds." -- Samuel Butler
