Understanding complex cable connectivity is crucial to the overall installation and your project’s success. The top five connectivity issues that impact performance are: Use of the incorrect network interface type; selection of proper cable type; reversed polarity; mismatched connectors; and poor installation practices.
Gigabit broadband remains the gold standard for triple-play service delivery — and fiber to the premises remains the most future-proof method of delivering such services. Join OFS and Lightwave Magazine in this webcast to review the current state of fiber-based gigabit services, describes the options carriers are considering, and provides tips on improving FTTP deployments.
Multimode optical fiber is the most common media choice for both backbone and horizontal distribution within the local area network (LAN) including campuses, buildings, and data centers. This article take a closer look at the types of multimode fiber options based on bandwidth and distance needs for 1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s and 100 Gbp/s networks.
Siemon’s Why Edge? Why Now? white paper explores the solution to reducing latency and the benefits from edge data centers, including fifth generation (5G) networks, Internet of things and Industrial Internet of things devices, autonomous vehicles, virtual and augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, data analytics, and video streaming and surveillance.
As customer demand for extreme high-capacity, low-latency data transport continues to grow, CenturyLink is expanding the company’s intercity network by adding 4.7 million miles of Corning fiber, making it the largest ultra-low-loss fiber network in North America. The first phase of this overbuild fiber network, completed in June, connects more than 50 major cities throughout the U.S.
With hyperscale data centers driving the need for extreme high density fiber cabling, the market has responded with new products that pack up to 3,456 fibers into a single cable. Such density affects the installation of these cables. This article overviews some of the high-density fiber-optic cables available today and their suppliers’ comments and recommendations regarding installation practices.
Cost study: Compared to a traditional splicer-cleaver combination, a Bluetooth-enabled splicer/cleaver combination produce as much as 76% cost of ownership reduction and weeks of time reclaimed.
The evolution of telecom networks is happening now, and 5G will play a major role in this transformation, according to a recent study from Spiceworks. Learn more about 5G’s potential effect on internet services and ISPs, as well as where internet connectivity currently stands.
The 5G network promises to be revolutionary. But deployment in urban areas presents many challenges. The 5 main ones are: the need for more antennas, the location of those antennas, wired connectivity, edge computing and costs.
We all know 5G is coming and in some places, it is already here, but what does this mean for business networks and how do we adapt to 5G networking? Connectivity is changing fast. 5G isn’t just on the way. It’s effectively here. It will be up to leading-edge companies and early adopters to take the technology from testing to widespread use, but the days of wonder how far away it is are gone. Any business with any level of connectivity demand is going to have to face this next upgrade path. It can be folded into your IoT or other data-intense projects, or you can simply futureproof. Regardless of the motivation, it’s vital to start planning today.
