Cable

Description

Sample of fibre optic cable, twelve groups of eight fibres coloured for identification, fibres can carry thousands of simultaneous calls, 1990s

Museum reference

T.2003.255

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Cable

Production information

Unknown
Unknown

Date

1990s

Materials

Glass

Associations

BT Leith Collections

Exhibitions

• Communicate (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• BT Connected Earth

On display

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