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Fiber oplic cqble is one of lhe mosl populor mediums for bolh new cobling instollolions qnd upgrodes, including bockbone, horizontol, qnd even desktop opplicotions. Fiber offers q number of odvonloges ovef coppef. l. Greoler Bondwidlh . Fiber provides more bondwidth thon copper ond hos stondord¡zed performonce up to l0 Gbps ond beyond. More bondwidth meons flber con corry more informollon wilh greoler fldellty lhon copper wlre. Keep in mind lhot flber speeds ore dependenl on the lype of coble used. Slnglemode fiber offers the greotest bondwidth ond no bond-widlh requirements. Loser-optlmized OM3 S(}micron coble hos on EMB of 2000 MHz/km. Loseroplimized OM4 SGmicron cobles hos on EMB of 4700 MHz/km. 2. Speed qnd Dislqnce - Becouse the flber optlc signol is mode of llght, very lltlle signol loss occurs durlng lronsmission, qnd dolo con mov@ ot higher speeds ond greoter dlstoncos. Fiber does not hove the loGmeter (328fi.) dislonce llmitollon of un-shielded lwlsled poir copper (withoul o booster). Fiber distonces depend on lhe style of coble, wovelength ond netwoft. Dislonces con ronge from 550 meters (984.2ft.) for lGGbps mulllmode ond uplo 40 kllomelers (24.8 mi.) forsingle-mod@ coble. 3. Securily - Your dolo is sofe wlth flber coble. ll doesn'l rodlote signols ond ¡s exlremely dlfflcult 1o lop. lf the coble is lopped, it's very eosy to monllor becouse lhe coble leoks llght, cous¡ng the enllre system lo foil. lf on otlempt is mode to breok lhe physicol securlty of your fiber syslem, you'll know it. Flbq nelworks olso enoble you to put oll your eleclronics ond hordwote in one cenlrol locqlion, lnslood of hoving wirlng closels with equipment throughoul lhe building. 4. lmmunity qnd Reliqþilify - Flber provides exlremely relloble doto lronsmisslon. lt's complelely lmmune lo mony environmenlol foctors thol offect copper coble. The coro is mode of gloss, which is on insulolor, so no eleclric currenl con flow lhrough. lÎ's immune lo eleclromelric interference ond rodlofrequency inlerferonce (EMl/RFl) crosElolk, impedonce problems, oRd more. You con run flber coble nexl lo lnduslriol eguipmenl without worry. Flber is olso less suscepllble lo temperolure fluctuollons lhon coppsr ond con be submerged in woler, 5. Design . Flber is llghtweight, thin, ond more duroble lhon copper coble. To gel higher speeds uslng copper coble, you need lo use o hlghor grode of coble, which typicolly hove lorger outside diometers, weighl more, ond tokê up moro Epqce in coble troys. Wlth flbor coble, there is very llttle differenl in diomeler or weighl. Plus, fiber opllc coble hos pulling specificollons lhol ore up lo l0 times greoter lhon copper coble, depending on lhe speclflc coble. lts smoll slze mokos it eosior to hondle, ond ll tokes up much less spoce in cob¡ing ducls. And, fiber is eosier lo test lhon copper coble. 6. Migrolion . The prollfetollon ond lower cosls of medlo converlers ore moking copper to fiber migrotion much eoder. Tho convorlors provide seomless links ond enoble lhe use of exisling hordwore. Fiber con be lncorporoted lnlo nelwork in plonned upgrodec. ln oddition, with lhe odvent of l2- ond 24-slrond MPO cossettes, cobles, ond hordwqre, plonning for fulure 4G ond 100€bE network$ is eosisr. 7. Field Terminqlion - ,Allhough flber is slill more difilcull to terminole lhon copper, odvoncemenls in technology hovc mode lerminollng ond us¡ng flber in lhe fleld oosior. Quick fusion spllcers enobles wilh outeollgnmenls enoblo fq¡l splicing in lhe fleld, Auloallgning pins Ensure occurocy. And the use of pigrtoils ond prelermlnoled coblc moko fleld connecllone quick ond eoey. 8. Cosl . lhe cod for flber coble, componenls, ond hordwore hos steodily decreosed. Overoll, flber coble is more oxpensive lhon copper coble in the $hort run, bul il moy be less expensive ln the long run. Fiber typlcolly cosls less lo molnloin, hoe lcat downllmo, ond requires less notworking hordwofe. ln oddillon odvonces in fleld lerminolion lechnology ho¡ reduced the cosl of flþer inelollotion os well. Block Box I ïechnology Blog l. (2015, Aprll l5). Relrleved fiom http://bloq.blackbox.com/technoloov/2015/04/8-advantaqes-to-choosins-fiber-over-copper-cable/