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by RoderickBeck 595 days ago
The throughput can be dramatically increased by upgrading the DWDM kit. The optical amplifiers in the water are technologically agnostic. The fibre can be a gating factor. For a while fibre with chromatic dispersion compensation was used and that actually limits the ability to upgrade the cable using modern coherent optics.

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