ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF FIBRE OPTIC CABLE


Fibre Optic Cable has many advantages associated with it these are:

  1. Can be used over greater distances due to the low loss, high bandwidth properties

  2. It can be used for 2km without the use of a repeater

  3. “Their light weight and small in size, which makes them ideal for applications where running copper wires would be impractical

  4. Due to the fibres being non-conductive, it can be used where electrical isolation is needed

  5. The fibres are do not pose a treat to the environment, such as in a chemical plant where a spark could cause an explosion

  6. For security reasons, as it is very hard to tap into a fibre cable to read data signals. (Network Cabling Help (online), 2001, http://www.datacottage.com/nch/fibre.htm [Accessed 14th March 2002])”
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Although there are many advantages there are a few disadvantages that would effect the installation of these cables these are:
  1. It is much more costly than other cables to install

  2. It is relatively difficult to install
Even though there are very little disadvantages these will immediately affect the consumers choice to install this technology.

WHAT IS FIBRE OPTIC CABLE
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