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Optoelectronic
Line
Transmission
•
the number of subscribers
•
the application (ie, indoor, ducted, buried, aerial or
submarine)
•
the transmission properties (multichannel television,
videoconferencing etc)
•
the climatic and geographical environment
(temperat-
ure, tension, pressure, ice or windloading)
•
the
local
environmental
restraints
(for instance the re-
quirement to utilise a special non flammable or
rodent-
resistant,
jacketed cable).
Attenuation introduced by fibre splices (typically 0.05 to
0.02
dB),
cable distribution cabinet jumpering, together
with in-line or branch splices must also be kept to an
absolute minimum. Instead