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Video on how the Internet Works

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date February 10, 2020

I have a few nitpicky things and the video seems a little contrived, but it’s decent nonetheless. WISPs are not really mentioned, but others are not as well.

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

Fluke Networks explains fiber polarity

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 25, 2020

Polarity defines direction of flow, such as the direction of a magnetic field or an electrical current. In fiber optics

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

Wi-Tek Poe switch review soon

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date January 21, 2020

Review of this switch coming soon

  • Categories Network Operations

Fiber 101

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date December 8, 2019

From Corning. Fiber 101.

  • Categories Internet Architecture

Geospatial Utility Infrastructure Data Exchange Procedural Guide

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date December 2, 2019

This guide is put out by the Michigan Department of Transportation.  Some good useful stuff in here that applies to all fiber contractors.  It’s a good quick read for those of you getting into fiber. You can skip over large …

  • Categories Network Operations

Need help identifying fiber optic ends?

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date September 3, 2019

If you need help identifying different types of fiber optics ends then look no further than the link below.

  • Categories Network Engineering Resources

New splice on connectors from Belden

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date May 21, 2019

#routethelight

  • Categories Technology & Industry Commentary

How the Internet travels across oceans

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date April 29, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/03/10/technology/internet-cables-oceans.html The internet consists of tiny bits of code that move around the world, traveling along wires as thin as a strand of hair strung across the ocean floor. The data zips from New York to Sydney, from Hong Kong …

  • Categories Network Operations

Testing Fiber

  • Post author j2sw
  • Post date April 20, 2019

Testing fiber with a FiberStore light meter.

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