• quick_snail@feddit.nl
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    10 hours ago

    How does 4 strands mean 4 providers?

    Can you communicate bidirectionally on just one fiber strand?

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      9 hours ago

      Yes. Using different colors of light and polarisation, you could even have multiple connections going over the same wire/fibre.