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I agree, this might be possible but I wonder how good the quality is then? A splitter will give you 50% light. That limits the length of the cable too, doesn’t
by rmetzler 7y ago
I agree, this might be possible but I wonder how good the quality is then? A splitter will give you 50% light. That limits the length of the cable too, doesn’t it? How many errors will be there when you bend the cable and get maybe 15% light of encrypted traffic, and you can’t signal any retransmission?
- Kubuxu 7y agoOn run of the mill singlemode fiber loss is roughly 0.5dB/km. Splitting off half of the light (and you don't need half, much less is fine), would result in 3dB of loss. Fiber tramsreceivers automatically negotiate the power needed to sustain the link. So in case of datacenter or city networker, you could do a split-of without introducing too much loss and error rates. Trans-oceanic fibers are different beast but I guess someone figured it out.