Back in the day, there were these things called half-circuits or half-cables.

Telephone companies in different countries would “share” a cable under the ocean, where the company in each country would own “half” the cable - i.e. from their shore to the middle of the ocean.

I have no idea what the context here is, but ….

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On Jan 26, 2021, at 5:02 PM, Ben Cannon <ben@6by7.net> wrote:

I’d internet that to be a really weird way to describe a single strand as well, but I could see a confused person asserting it’s 44 out of 88 wavelengths? I’ve never heard that.

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On Jan 26, 2021, at 12:51 PM, Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:


Can someone explain to me what is a half fibre pair? I took it literally to mean a single fibre strand but someone insisted it was a large quantity of spectrum. Please illuminate. On or off list as you please.

Regards,

Roderick.

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