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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2686)5/7/1999 7:57:00 AM
From: SDR-SI  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 3178
 
Hi Frank:

Damn, you're good!!

"Cold fiber" certainly sounds much more impressive than "spare conduits" or "excess conduit capacity" or even "provisions for growth".

We will be adopting the terminology as of this morning!!

Having you speak of fiber-optics in historic terms, makes me feel even worse when I recall (semi-fondly) the days of trying to talk people into taking a great leap of faith to chance experimenting by installing some of that funny thick cable with only one copper wire inside a braid into the conduits.

Although we don't post often, the information flow is definitely appreciated.

Thanks.

Steve



To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (2686)5/7/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3178
 
Hello Frank,

> Cold fiber is a term used to characterize a cabling infrastructure,
> wherein conduits have been laid in advance and left hollow and
> vacant for future occupancy by fiber optic cable, always with the
> qualifiers, "when the time is right" and "possessing the most
> recent upgrade or improvements."

Gosh ... and I have been calling this "dark conduit"! I thought maybe a new term ... ;-)

Scott C. Lemon