Mr. Pat Kidney:

It depends on the classification. Looking at the cable, it would not be possible to tell if it was backhaul or if it was access. In most cases, in reality, it is mixed. The cable that is going through the 300,000 would just be backhaul. In most cases, however, it would be mixed. The same fibre would be used but a fibre would be dropped into one part of the splitter and then perhaps four fibres from the same cable would be connected to the other side. It is a splitting of one to four. Then, moving on, there would be another splitter that drops onto the connection. This really does need a diagram to explain the concept properly.