Hey, cars, buildings, suits and dresses are often called works of art, but the *artists* who create them need to continue to produce new works if they want to eat. Why do writers and musicians get a free ride? Imagine if you went to your boss and told him you want to continue to generate income for the work you did last week - or last year! He'd have your seat refilled faster than you can say "DMCA".
Actually, there is also a 17mm version of the cable. Those diameters are for the cable used in the deep-sea portion of the cable system. Any cable layed near shore has additional "armoring" layers of steel wires to protect it from anchors and what not. This armoring brings the diameter up substantially. By the way, there are only either 4 or 8 fibers pairs in a single cable. Even so, these systems transmit incredible amounts of information (10GB/s) per fiber pair. You'd be amazed at how many of these systems are in the water.
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Hey, cars, buildings, suits and dresses are often called works of art, but the *artists* who create them need to continue to produce new works if they want to eat. Why do writers and musicians get a free ride? Imagine if you went to your boss and told him you want to continue to generate income for the work you did last week - or last year! He'd have your seat refilled faster than you can say "DMCA".
Actually, there is also a 17mm version of the cable. Those diameters are for the cable used in the deep-sea portion of the cable system. Any cable layed near shore has additional "armoring" layers of steel wires to protect it from anchors and what not. This armoring brings the diameter up substantially. By the way, there are only either 4 or 8 fibers pairs in a single cable. Even so, these systems transmit incredible amounts of information (10GB/s) per fiber pair. You'd be amazed at how many of these systems are in the water. http://www.tycotelecom.com/SystemSupply/content.as p?page=subSystems.asp