hawgcaller
join:2006-04-24
Stafford, TX
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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
Running Free
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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| 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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jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | You said it. Semantics.  |
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