What kind of cable is this?

Sun Nov 7 08:46:10 UTC 2004

On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 12:05:15PM -0800, Jonathan Nichols wrote:
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/smurphy/PhotoAlbum28.html
> 
> Guy I know in Canada came across a 7200 foot spool of what appears to be 
> single-strand fibreoptic cable.
> 
> He's trying to find out its properties, UV rating, etc. Any information 
> available would be great.
> 
> I Googled for the part numbers (so did he) and came up empty. Siecor 
> appears to be "Corning Cable Systems" now and their website was 
> unhelpful, to say the least.

interestingly, i found one on ebay, with specs listed as:

       SIECOR MM Fiber Optic Cable 7000 ft (2199m) spool NEW

     * You are bidding on a new 7000+ feet (2100+ m) spool of SIECOR
       LANscape multimode fiber optic cable.
     * P/N 001N31-31107-0B.
     * OFNR UL, CSA listed FT4.
     * Measured attenuation: 850nm - 3.66 dB/km, 1300nm - 0.72 dB/km.
     * Bandwith: 850nm - 272 MHz km, 1300nm - 564 MHz km.
     * Nominal refractive index: 1.4980.
     * 100/140 micron.

the link is: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
                    ViewItem&category=64046&item=5729360631&rd=1

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Henry Yen                                       Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer                       Hicksville, New York