Darth Fiber
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Pompton Lakes, NJ
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Re: Fiber Types
Jchambers was wrong about one major thing. Most cable companies use single mode fiber, not multimode fiber.
Multimode fiber is mainly used for intrafacility wiring, such as data storage centers and server rooms. Single mode fiber is used outside for it's long transmission distances. |
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tenpin784
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said by Darth Fiber  :Jchambers was wrong about one major thing. Most cable companies use single mode fiber, not multimode fiber. Multimode fiber is mainly used for intrafacility wiring, such as data storage centers and server rooms. Single mode fiber is used outside for it's long transmission distances. I was going to say the same thing.
Multimode can only go so far, *maybe* a couple miles.
Single mode can go MUCH farther. At my work, we have single mode fiber spanning over 50 miles.
edit: one site says, for 100mbit link, distance is 2km, 1000mbit (1gig) is 500-600 meters. |
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