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Re: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication?
From: Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 14:08:36 -0500
On Dec 31, 2013, at 2:00 PM, eric clark <cabenth () gmail com> wrote:
Anyone know why the industry has their head stuck on MultiMode?
at 10G the optics costs are about 1/3 that of SMF (SR vs LR). We tend to keep things SMF, but within many older datacenters MMF is broadly available and does meet the needs at a lower cost. There seems to be a shifting trend as well in UPC vs APC connectors. I think much of this problem is clearly articulated here: http://xkcd.com/927/ Everyones needs are a bit different. - Jared
Current thread:
- Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? eric clark (Dec 31)
- Re: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Jared Mauch (Dec 31)
- Re: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Wayne E Bouchard (Dec 31)
- RE: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? David Hubbard (Dec 31)
- RE: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Justin M. Streiner (Dec 31)
- RE: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Justin M. Streiner (Dec 31)
- RE: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Justin M. Streiner (Dec 31)
- Re: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Phil Bedard (Dec 31)
- Re: Why are we fixated on Multimode fiber for high bandwidth communication? Jared Mauch (Dec 31)