[rescue] Fiber loop simulators?

[Kris Kirby]

On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Robert Novak wrote:
> Anybody got experience or advice on a long-haul fiber optic simulator?
> Something that would let me simulate a connection from my computer room to
> Bill's garage without actually leasing or drawing fiber? I seem to recall
> some of them at my last job that were pretty much a metric dekabuttload of
> fiber in a big metal box with SC or ST connectors sticking out.

You can calculate the amount of optical loss in the cable and
intentionally botch a splice. Using one of those, my father saved the
goverment like $10k (at the time). It was a calibrated attenuator.

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