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What exactly does "additional landings" mean here. I usually think of a cable as connecting two places. Is it basically multiple cables that connect to the sam
by kevincox 5y ago
What exactly does "additional landings" mean here. I usually think of a cable as connecting two places.
Is it basically multiple cables that connect to the same exchange onshore?
Or is there a router "at sea" where the cables fork?
Or does some of the cable from the US terminates in Brazil, some terminate in Punta del Este, ...
- sithadmin 5y agoDepends on the cable. In some cases, the fiber bundle will be fully terminated at the landing, which serves as a junction point where the logical path for the cable system then resumes via a different cable to the next landing in the path. In other cases, a fraction of the fiber bundle will be split (either physically or with a subsea multiplexer device) and directed to a nearby landing, with the remainder of the fiber continuing onwards.
- virtuallynathan 5y agoOn these newer cables they tend to use wavelength-selective switches at BUs.