How not to install fibre links between data centres!


 
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Old 08-27-2012
"Innovative Fix" Smilie
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Old 10-05-2012
8 Gbps --> 1Mbps. (not serious), but I would like to see what happens when you use blu-tack for testing purposes on a fiber optic network.
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Old 10-05-2012
I don't know, but bad things can happen when a fiber cracks.

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