[Gllug] Fibre cabling

[James Courtier-Dutton]

2009/7/28 Chris Bell <chrisbell at 3966.ukfsn.org>:
> Hello,
>   Is there a good source of information about best practice for fibre
> covering local installations, including termination, jointing, repair, and
> testing? I understand that even BT speeds might increase enough to make
> local fibre worthwhile before the end of the century.
>

Working with optical fiber requires specialist tools due to the fact
that accurate alignment is so important. I would generally recommend
avoiding the "joining" and "repair" options if you can. Each join or
repair degrades the fiber. People tend to just lay extra spare fibers,
and if one breaks, just use another. Where I work, optical fiber is
generally used between cabinets, but this is probably overkill for
local installations, where normal CAT5e is enough for most needs.

Optical fiber is expensive compared to CAT5e cables, so I would
recommend only using them if you have to.

Kind Regards

James
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