I'll get pictures of the other side tomorrow. those buildings are locked up. I only have a key to the office.

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@scottalanmiller said in Dark Fiber:

@obsolesce said in Dark Fiber:

@scottalanmiller said in Dark Fiber:

@obsolesce said in Dark Fiber:

... and blacklight isn't black! It's invisible (to human eyes).

You don't see black light? I do. I think most people do. It's just dim.

Blacklight = ultraviolet light = shorter wavelength (10-400 nm) than visible light (400 - 700 nm)

Blacklight isn't actually ultraviolet. You can't see UV, but you can see blacklight. At least everyone I know can. It's right on the edge of being UV, hence why it is a deep purple rather than invisible. But it's still visible. They just always call it UV to make it sound cooler than it is. Not that it isn't cool, but I can certainly see it. That's why lots of places light with it, even when not triggering the effect that people want, it's still enough to see by.

The violet glow of a black light is not the UV light itself, but visible light that escapes being filtered out by the filter material in the glass envelope.

It depends on what you refer to as "black light".

If you define a blacklight to be the device itself that emits UV light, then yes, you are seeing the visible light that escapes as mentioned above.

And FFS, to finally readdress my original point, the light isn't black.

My house has a septic tank 😞 Think they'll come hang out in my tank with scuba gear and wait for the fiber to pop through?

http://www.pcgamer.com/nokia-tests-insanely-fast-52gbps-fiber-to-lucky-customers-in-south-korea/

@Dashrender said in Fiber GBICs:

I have an HP switch with an LC SX fiber GBIC.

Do you know, or think - please indicate - if that will work when connected to a ES‑48‑500W with a 10GTeck SFP SX GBIC?

Are you asking if the SFPs will work in the switch or if the SFPs will talk to each other? if you asking if they will talk to each other yes, It's still ethernet. As long as you are using the same type of fiber SFPs (or ones that will take SMF and MMF) and the correct speed and micron then they will work, that is unless you try something stupid like using a SMF run a few feet apart you will burn out the SFP.

But it is standards based and it is still just ethernet, the one side doesn't care what brand is on the other. It's the same as plunging a CAT5 Ethernet cable into dissimilar brands of switches.

That's nice, but you'll have to convince me that this is news. Fiber network taps have been around for almost as long as fiber. With fiber you can monitor the drop in signal. That's always been the real differentiator, the fact that you can tell you've been tapped.

@coliver said:

@DustinB3403 said:

Gone are the days when you could go into CompUSA and pick up a part like this, unless you guys have a few cards around the office or have a few connections to get equipment to set this up...

Seems like a few more days before this'll be up.

Especially since it is a holiday week.

Nahh, Just order them off Amazon with Prime.

@thanksajdotcom said:

@scottalanmiller said:

I did an "In My Area" search and all that came up where Time Warner at no more than 5Mb/s and FiOS DLS at less than 1Mb/s. 😞

Utica and Rome I know have Verizon DSL and TWC but I don't think they have FiOS. It's a poorer demographic, sadly...

It's sad because other than that one issue, Utica has some amazing downtown office space.

@Dashrender said:

@thecreativeone91 said:
So you are, but it's not currently costing you extra. The moment you could use that space for your own business generating equipment they suddenly start costing you money!

Unlikely we'd need it. There's planned room for expansion if needed. our DC is pretty huge as it is. More likely we'd need less space as we move from on site exchange to office 365 and such.

Oh, yes the variance is all over the place.