Fibre Optic Local Area Networks

fibre to the room

In today’s modern world we are all reliant on digital communications and we all expect a quality service whether we are working at home in the office sat in a airport,hotel,school or a hospital. But the problem we all face is we are still relying on an old legacy copper-based networks.Over the years fibre technology has evolved and increased as the best solution within local area networks instead of just being a link to conventional switch and conventional copper twisted pair based local area networks. Full fibre solutions have emerged as the most efficient & robust solution to unlock modern digital physical infrastructre.

For the last 100 metres

 Instead of legacy copper cabling we install future proof Polymer optical fibres to enhance your broadband service providers glass optical fibre internet WAN link, the only copper cabling involved is the patch cord to your devices It is immune to misalignments and strong vibrations, and can be installed in rugged industrial and automotive environments without any loss of communication capacity. It is completely immune to electrical noise. For example,  electrical power cabling will not interfere with data passing POF cables in tight proximity , which means POF can be installed inline with electrical cabling,reducing space from bulky cable trays, contributing to reducing your carbon footprint. Polymer Optical Fibre (POF) is a unique member of the optical fibre family. it is is made of Poly Methyl Methacrylate (PMMA), with a large core diameter (~1 mm) and high numerical aperture (NA 0.3 – 0.5) overall outer diameter 2.2mm

Ethernet MHz speed:Does it make a difference?

Yes, the Ethernet MHz speed rating of an Ethernet cable is an important checkbox for data network applications. What exactly does this mean to your network? higher Ethernet cable MHz speed matters when it comes to Ethernet structured cabling.

How do you visualise this? Think of MHz as the width of a water pipe. The wider the pipe, the more water(applications) it can handle.Megahertz is abbreviated as MHz.Megahertz is a clock speed measurement of how fast something can go.Manufactures will rate their cables as follows “rated up to” CAT 5 is rated to 100MHz, CAT 5e is rated to 350MHz, CAT-6 and CAT6e are rated to 550Mhz,CAT-6a is rated to 750Mhz

Polymer Optical Fibre - is rated to 1,250Mhz, and can handle in the test lab up to 2,500Mhz.