jester121
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Lake Zurich, IL | Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner Fiber optic is a clear wire. Wireless means there is no wire. 
If that's what they're going for then they are too cute by half. | |
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Matt
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| Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner said by jester121  :Fiber optic is a clear wire. Wireless means there is no wire. If that's what they're going for then they are too cute by half. My fiber optic is not a clear wire. It has a reflective coating that forces the light to travel along a certain path. | |
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| Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner said by Matt :[ My fiber optic is not a clear wire. It has a reflective coating that forces the light to travel along a certain path. It sounds like you need to do some research on Total Internal Reflection (»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_inte···flection). There isn't a "reflecitve coating" in fiber optic cable.
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC
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| Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner said by hawgcaller :said by Matt :[ My fiber optic is not a clear wire. It has a reflective coating that forces the light to travel along a certain path. It sounds like you need to do some research on Total Internal Reflection (» en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_inte···flection). There isn't a "reflecitve coating" in fiber optic cable. -phil Semantics. The boundary layer (cladding) reflects the light along a specific path through the core.
Regardless, my main point was that the fiber optic cable (nor the fiber strand(s) inside) is not "clear". | |
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Lake Zurich, IL | Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner You said it. Semantics. | |
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