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Fun facts about fibre
Fibre doesn’t only get put in the ground, it goes to some interesting places. Here are some short, sharp statistics given to me by cable-maker Draka.
For instance did you know that every Airbus 350 has 500km of Draka cable inside it? Or that the BMW 5 Series has over 3.5km of Draka cable circling its innards. What’s more, 52 out of 55 of the world’s tallest buildings have Draka fibre inside, the company claims, including the Burj Dubai, which took over from Tapei 101 as the ultimate skyscraper in July 2007 — even though it isn’t finished yet.
Draka says it produces enough fibre-optic cable every day to circle the globe. When you consider that Draka is only one of a number of large cable making firms, it all adds up to a mind-boggling amount of fibre being manufactured every day.
Here’s hoping for a press trip to see what fibre can do for the world’s tallest building — so long as it hasn’t fallen down yet.
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