Over the past several decades, the market has seen the introduction of various fiber optic connectors aimed at providing lower insertion loss performance, lower cost, higher density and/or easy termination. In fact, according to the Fiber Optic Association, in all there are about 100 different types of fiber optic connectors. Thankfully you don’t need to know the ins and outs of all of these types of connectors since there are just a handful that make up the majority of what you might come across in today’s cabling plants.
