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hawgcaller

join:2006-04-24
Stafford, TX

reply to Matt

Re: Clearwire pricing/Competition or Partner

said by Matt:

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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


Matt
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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said by hawgcaller:

said by Matt:

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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".


jester121
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join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL

You said it. Semantics.


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