[**EXTERNAL**] Re: Half Fibre Pair
Mark Tinka
mark.tinka at seacom.com
Wed Jan 27 18:26:43 UTC 2021
On 1/27/21 16:52, Fox, Barbara wrote:
> I asked a submarine guy how much the fibers can carry because this
> sounded low to me. His response:
>
That was just an example to illustrate the commercial contracting, not
the technical capabilities.
Cables currently being laid in the sea are going in at anywhere between
16 and 24 fibre pairs. The design capacity per fibre pair of these
systems is 20Tbps, with a possible 480Tbps of Shannon limit capability.
Mark.
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