Why Fiber Optic?
You may have heard the term “Fiber Optic” thrown around in recent years, especially with the push to modernize telecommunications, television, and internet cabling around the nation. But what exactly is Fiber Optic Cable and how is it different than modern cable types like Ethernet or Coaxial Cable? AFS has the answers you need.
The first and most obvious difference between Fiber Optic (also known as “Optical Fiber” or simply “Fiber”) and other cables is the method of data transmission. While Ethernet and Coaxial (and even power cables) transmit electrical signals down their copper wiring, Fiber Optic carries data in the form of light through a glass silica, plastic, or even crystalline core. This primary difference in construction and manner of data communication offers a host of upgrades between Fiber Optic and copper-based electrical cabling.
One of these upgrades comes in the form of greater bandwidth. As an example, CAT6 Ethernet Cable is standardized to provide Gigabit Ethernet, and is currently seen as an upgrade to the more common CAT5 or CAT5e Ethernet cable, while the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), an organization that has over 50 nations among its members, has standards set for 10 Gigabit Internet for optical fiber. That’s a ten times improvement over CAT6, and it’s not even the upper limit for Fiber Optic technology. THIS article at extremetech.com details a recent innovation in multimode fiber allowing 43 Terabit transmissions per second over a single fiber cable. That’s an astonishing 4300 times faster than CAT6 Ethernet, at 43 TRILLION bits per second. While this technology isn’t quite ready for widespread adoption, the future of fiber optic looks bright.
Fiber optic is also a lighter, thinner, and more durable than copper cable. It takes up less space, while having lower attenuation and stronger signal over distance. It almost seems too good to be true, but because fiber is naturally immune to EM and Radio interference and other forms of crosstalk, it doesn’t require the thick and heavy shielding of copper cables. As an added bonus, it doesn’t leak signal either, so it’s a much more secure cable also!
Without a doubt, Fiber Optic cable is a wonderful piece of technology. Improving on outdated copper cable types like Ethernet or Coaxial in almost every way, and advancing in the areas it doesn’t, it’s a piece of technology you can’t afford to not know about.
If you liked this, please visit our site at: http://www.appliedfibersolutions.com/
Or if you want to buy our products, including our fiber cable, our distributor, TelExpress, Inc., can be found at: http://www.telexpresslive.com/category_s/2378.htm
One of these upgrades comes in the form of greater bandwidth. As an example, CAT6 Ethernet Cable is standardized to provide Gigabit Ethernet, and is currently seen as an upgrade to the more common CAT5 or CAT5e Ethernet cable, while the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), an organization that has over 50 nations among its members, has standards set for 10 Gigabit Internet for optical fiber. That’s a ten times improvement over CAT6, and it’s not even the upper limit for Fiber Optic technology. THIS article at extremetech.com details a recent innovation in multimode fiber allowing 43 Terabit transmissions per second over a single fiber cable. That’s an astonishing 4300 times faster than CAT6 Ethernet, at 43 TRILLION bits per second. While this technology isn’t quite ready for widespread adoption, the future of fiber optic looks bright.
Fiber optic is also a lighter, thinner, and more durable than copper cable. It takes up less space, while having lower attenuation and stronger signal over distance. It almost seems too good to be true, but because fiber is naturally immune to EM and Radio interference and other forms of crosstalk, it doesn’t require the thick and heavy shielding of copper cables. As an added bonus, it doesn’t leak signal either, so it’s a much more secure cable also!
Without a doubt, Fiber Optic cable is a wonderful piece of technology. Improving on outdated copper cable types like Ethernet or Coaxial in almost every way, and advancing in the areas it doesn’t, it’s a piece of technology you can’t afford to not know about.
If you liked this, please visit our site at: http://www.appliedfibersolutions.com/
Or if you want to buy our products, including our fiber cable, our distributor, TelExpress, Inc., can be found at: http://www.telexpresslive.com/category_s/2378.htm
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