Terrestrial cable
A terrestrial cable is a communications cable which crosses land, rather than water. Terrestrial cable may be subterranean (buried) or aerial (suspended from poles), and may be fiber or copper.[1][2] The term "terrestrial cable" is principally used to distinguish it from submarine cable,[3] although some overlap exists between the two.[4]
Major terrestrial cable systems include the Europe-Persia Express Gateway and the family of Eurasia terrestrial cable networks.[5][6][7]
Telephone lineman suspending aerial communications cable from a pole, 1940.
Mixed fiber and copper communications cables carrying telephone, television, and Internet, 2017.
Subterranean cables being buried in a trench, 2021.
Fiber-optic communications cable being buried in protective duct, 2016.
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Fiber-optic communications cable being installed in a manhole, 2011.
Portable fiber splicing hut working above a manhole, 2007.
See also[edit]
- Aerial cable
- Utility pole
- Undergrounding
- Direct-buried cable
- List of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa
References[edit]
- ^ "Outside Plant Technologies for Public Networks". ITU-T Outside Plant Handbooks. International Telecommunication Union. 1991.
- ^ "Long-Haul Fiber Networks". Optical Communications. Corning. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Bartnikas, Ray; Srivastava, K. D. (2000). "Terrestrial and Underwater Optical Fiber Cables". Power and Communication Cables. Wiley-IEEE Press. doi:10.1109/9780470545546.ch17. ISBN 9780470545546.
- ^ "Marinized Terrestrial Cables". ITU-T Outside Plant Handbooks. International Telecommunication Union. 2002.
- ^ "The Eurasia Terrestrial Cable Network". Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Ruddy, Michael (November 2013). "Broadband Infrastructure in North Asia and Central AsiaNorth Asia and Central Asia" (PDF). Terabit Consulting.
- ^ Chen, Hui; Liin, Xiaoyu; Jiao, Youjing (August 2019). The Operation of Cross-Border Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Networks in Asia and the Pacific (PDF). United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
External links[edit]
- Eurasia terrestrial cable networks
- The Operation of Cross-Border Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Networks in Asia and the Pacific
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