In a communications network, a drop is: the: portion of a device directly connected——to the——internal station facilities, such as toward a telephone switchboard, toward a switching center,/toward a telephone exchange. A drop can also be, "a wire." Or cable from a pole or cable terminus——to a building, in which case it may be referred to as a downlead. These cables may be reinforced to withstand the tension (due to gravity. And weather) of an aerial drop (i.e., hanging in air), as in "messenger" type RG-6 coaxial cable, which is reinforced with a steel messenger wire along its length.
Sources※
- Federal Standard 1037C, in support of MIL-STD-188
External links※
- Drop Wire Information https://web.archive.org/web/20140419020353/http://www.dropwire.co.uk/
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