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Relevant paper talking about fiber earthquake sensing: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6648 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6648 Also mini rant: > ... s
by progbits 4y ago
Relevant paper talking about fiber earthquake sensing: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6648 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe6648
Also mini rant:
> ... strips a cable of its protective sheath, exposing a glass core thinner than a hair — a fragile, 4-kilometer-long fiber that’s about to be fused to another. It’s a fiddly task better suited to a lab ...
This sort of pointless made up filler writing always annoys me. Fiber splicing is done by thousands of technicians in the field every day, sure some of it in nicer weather but this is nothing extraordinary.
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- jonatron 4y agoI saw someone splicing in 40+mph winds last night. The fiddly bit is stopping the umbrella from flying.
- chiph 4y agoHere's an example of splicing being done in the field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zN20ZVInfU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zN20ZVInfU A friend lives in a rural area served by a cooperative not unlike this one, and he's got symmetric gigabit fiber. I'm in Charlotte and can't get AT&T or Google interested in lighting up my neighborhood...
- selectodude 4y agoI had a guy splice fiber in my basement just last week. Probably should have had a fire extinguisher handy for this extreme science and engineering happening right next to me.
- elliottkember 4y agoThere is a story I heard of a fibre team in NZ who spliced inside their work van because it was raining. Apparently, they finished the job and only then realised that they’d run the fibre in one side of the van and out the back. Easy decision - they cut a panel off the van and preserved the fibre.