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Overview
When it comes to using glass optical fiber, more and more network
managers are seeing the light. A recent study by Sage Research Inc.
revealed that optical fiber is the fastest growing transmission
medium for desktop applications. Over the next four years, 43.7
percent of the companies surveyed expect to have fiber installed
in horizontal cabling applications. Once network managers consider
the performance benefits of optical fiber, it’s easy to understand
its growing popularity. The same advantages that have made glass
optical fiber cable the logical choice for backbone and riser applications,
also make it ideal for fiber-to-the-home applications. Optic fiber
around the home is an ideal solution for the future to provide complete
audio, video and data connectivity around the home at low costs.
These advantages include:
- fiber’s error-free transmission rate over longer distances
- fiber’s ability to support higher data rates without recabling
- the ease of handling, installing and testing optical fiber cable
- fiber’s long-term economic benefits
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