RE: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Fox, Barbara via NANOG
From: NANOG On Behalf Of Mark Tinka Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:13 AM To: Rod Beck ; nanog@nanog.org Subject: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair On 1/27/21 13:39, Rod Beck wrote: How much spectrum is a half fibre? It must be standardized in some fashion. It would be based on the amount

Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/27/21 19:54, Mike Hammett wrote: I believe strand counts were small because the power needed for that many amplifiers was too much to bear for budgets. Also because the amount of capacity we are talking about nowadays, driven by the content folk, is something telco's could only (and

Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/27/21 18:11, Rod Beck wrote: What is interesting is this new deep sea design. In the old days cables had 4 to 8 pairs max. Now I am seeing Orange talking about 18 pairs and 24 pairs. With more widely regeneration. Because of the way current submarine cables are being built (mainly by

Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Mark Tinka
On 1/27/21 16:52, Fox, Barbara wrote: I asked a submarine guy how much the fibers can carry because this sounded low to me.  His response: That was just an example to illustrate the commercial contracting, not the technical capabilities. Cables currently being laid in the sea are going

Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Mike Hammett
2021 10:11:29 AM Subject: Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair What is interesting is this new deep sea design. In the old days cables had 4 to 8 pairs max. Now I am seeing Orange talking about 18 pairs and 24 pairs. With more widely regeneration. https://www.orange.com/en/newsroom/press-rele

Re: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair

2021-01-27 Thread Rod Beck
he signature of a partnership on the AMITIÉ cable ... www.orange.com Regards, Rdoerick. From: Fox, Barbara Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2021 3:52 PM To: Mark Tinka ; Rod Beck ; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: [**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair I asked a subma