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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Adding to the earlier responses - yes,
      the cable generally has a copper tube as a power conductor, which
      also act as a little bit of protection for the fibres which run in
      the centre of the tube/cable.<br>
      Pump one shore-end to +3000 - 5000V, the other shore-end to -3000
      - 5000V (depends on number of amplifiers to be powered, which
      depends on length of cable, and then each amplifier is powered
      from a few tens of volts difference across the amplifier along the
      chain.<br>
      Only a few amps of current though.<br>
      <br>
      And these days, the industry still uses the term 'repeaters'
      however they are really just EDFA amplifiers* which amplify noise
      as well as signal in the analogue domain - there is no
      reception/regeneration/retiming of signal like a repeater of old
      might have done.<br>
       <br>
      *some specialist applications are starting to use Raman
      amplification instead of EDFA, for longer spacing between
      repeaters.<br>
      <br>
      A good outline, with photos that show the copper power conductor
      if you look closely enough at the TESubcom sample against the
      metal rule...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/05/how-the-internet-works-submarine-cables-data-centres-last-mile/</a><br>
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      On 6/02/2018 8:43 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bryan@telcoindependent.com.au">bryan@telcoindependent.com.au</a> wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">For the existing and new submarine fibre
          runs, do the amplifiers / repeaters require power?<o:p></o:p></p>
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