communication cables

Signal transmission lines

Communication cables are wires or fiber-optic strands designed to transmit voice, data, or video signals between locations.

The term covers everything from telephone lines and coaxial cables to ethernet and undersea fiber-optic cables linking continents.

The construction crew accidentally severed the communication cables.

Installation and maintenance of communication cables is a major infrastructure concern.

Related

coaxial · twisted · twisted pair · shielded · conduit · pull through · bandwidth · signal · data · transmission · splice · jacketed · underground · overhead · trunk · backbone · network infrastructure · data center

Opposites
transmission medium

communication cableswireless

Untethered signal transmission

Wi-Fi · radio waves · Bluetooth · radio transmission · cellular networks

infrastructure permanence

communication cablesportable radios

Handheld broadcast receivers

walkie-talkies · mesh networks

connectivity approach

communication cablessneakernet

Physical data transport

Family

communication, communications, communicate, communicated, communicating, communicator, communicators, communicative, communicable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G