Fiber Optic Considerations

Summary

Provides better transmittion rate over longer distances than copper cabling and has a higher resiliency against interception.

Makeup

• Uses pulses of infrared light
• Uses light reflections to keep the light bouncing back into the core of the fiber optic cable and maintain the strength of the signal
• Buffer is a protective plastic coating. It may be of a tight or loose configuration, with the loose format using some form of lubricant between the strand and the sheath.