On 08/03/2018 04:50 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
<...> Oh, and one more thing: During all this I learned that fiber is not as forgiving as copper. You can bend a copper wire to a 90 degree angle, but don't try that with fiber.
One of the hazards of today's society's tendency for abbreviation is that sometimes important information is left out. Fiber makes us think of cloth, which is quite flexible. Data fiber, however, is glass fiber, and glass doesn't bend that well when pinched. :-) Most folks will never have a reason to come in contact with the bare end of a glass fiber, but should you be exposed to one, do be careful because they can puncture the skin and break off. Not a comfortable thing to have to deal with. I remember technicians with EC's Voice and Data department grousing about that from time to time when I worked there 20 years ago.
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