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Terrestrial cable

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Short description: Communications cable crossing land, rather than water


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.
Fiber-optic communications cable being installed in a manhole, 2011.
Portable fiber splicing hut working above a manhole, 2007.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Outside Plant Technologies for Public Networks". International Telecommunication Union. 1991. http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/800dd623-en. 
  2. ↑ "Long-Haul Fiber Networks". Corning. https://www.corning.com/optical-communications/worldwide/en/home/applications/long-haul-networks.html. 
  3. ↑ 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. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5263931. 
  4. ↑ "Marinized Terrestrial Cables". International Telecommunication Union. 2002. http://handle.itu.int/11.1002/pub/800c824f-en. 
  5. ↑ "The Eurasia Terrestrial Cable Network". https://www.submarinenetworks.com/en/systems/eurasia-terrestrial/. 
  6. ↑ Ruddy, Michael (November 2013). "Broadband Infrastructure in North Asia and Central AsiaNorth Asia and Central Asia". Terabit Consulting. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/files/RUDDY%20Michael%20presentation%201.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Chen, Hui; Liin, Xiaoyu; Jiao, Youjing (August 2019). The Operation of Cross-Border Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Networks in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. https://www.unescap.org/sites/default/d8files/knowledge-products/The%20Operation%20of%20Cross-Border%20Terrestrial%20Fibre-Optic%20Networks%20in%20Asia%20and%20the%20Pacific.pdf. 



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