If fibre optic emitted electro-magnetic waves or even light pulses, this would mean it's just as unsafe as cooper!! & so networking books/material would need to be revised where fibre optics is concerned. Remember the principle used within the firbre is total internal reflection, and the signal strength only diminishes because of the intertia of the photons against the reflecting surface(s). So maybe this isn't a shark attack on our undersea fibre, it could be something else: In the spirit of creating conspiracy theories, probably some Military sub-marine is cutting our cable. 2009/11/11 Steve Obbayi <steve@sobbayi.com>
Actually I could say you are right in that they are all forms of energy hence wavelengths. However the spectrum of light is way off so it wouldn't give the "symptoms" of electricity so to speak but it can do what electricity can do. thats why fibre optic cables work. but you are right anyway
----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Karunyu" <pkarunyu@gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:46:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Telecoms firms secure five global internet paths?????
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Steve Obbayi < steve@sobbayi.com > wrote:
I would go for FALSE!!! Fibre optic signals are light pulses and not electricity hence no electromagnetic pulses...
Steve, I thought light was an electromagnetic radiation, in the same family as gamma rays, x-rays and radio signals? Ama my memory fails me? :-) Here and here
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