Author Archive Fiber-mart

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Cut Off Cables: To splice or not to splice?

by Fiber-MART.COM I have been in the business of installing voice, data and fiber optic cabling for about 30 years and I have been asked this question many times. Most situations usually happen if you are looking at moving your company into an existing building that has some cut cables. So let’s [ Continue reading…]

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XENPAK Transceiver Modules Overview

by Fiber-MART.COM Over the years of 10GbE’s existence, there have been numerous different form factors and optics types introduced. Although the newest SFP+ transceivers offer a much smaller form factor and the ability to offer 1G/10G combo ports on hardware for the first time, the oldest form factor XENPAK remains [ Continue reading…]

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What should you do before install the Fibre Optic Patch Panel

by Fiber-MART.COM What should you do before install the Fibre Optic Patch Panel     Many people have a brief introduction of fibre patch panel may from the Google or my blog, well, but when we really want to use the Fibre Optic Patch Panel, what preparations of the patch [ Continue reading…]

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What’s the difference between copper cable and fiber optic cable and what could it mean for your business?

by Fiber-MART.COM When comparing traditional copper cable with fiber optic cable, it is hard to be impartial, because the facts speak so clearly for themselves. Fiber optic cable is superior to copper cable in almost every way imaginable.   It is much faster than copper cable, carries much higher bandwidth, has [ Continue reading…]

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Two Main Advantages Of Mechanical Splice

by Fiber-MART.COM When it comes to the advantages of mechanical splice,several things should be taken into consideration, especially it’s cost and performance.   Low Costs Owing to the low price of manufacturing, the cost of mechanical splice is also very low .Besides this, it is very easy for users to install [ Continue reading…]

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How to choose and buy high quality fiber optic cable products?

by Fiber-MART.COM As is known to all, the quality of the transmission medium in the integrated wiring is very important for the whole project, not only the service life of the integrated wiring project of this problem, more important is the guarantee of the quality performance. People are often keen [ Continue reading…]

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How to choose the right kind of fiber optic patch cords

by Fiber-MART.COM Fiber optic has been spread all over the world, many data centers are beginning change the copper to fiber optic. However, in addition to the length, there are many parameters you must clear before purchasing fiber optic patch cords.   Single Mode Or Multimode One of the main [ Continue reading…]

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Guide to QSFP28 Transceivers for 100G Data Center Connectivity

by Fiber-MART.COM Using standard transceivers and cables is the most straightforward way to upgrade to 100G traffic. However, there are several types of 100G optics (transceivers and cables) available on the market like the CFP, CFP2, CFP4 and QSFP28 fiber optic assemblies. QSFP28 transceivers offer the cost-optimized solutions for connecting [ Continue reading…]

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The 40G QSFP transceiver Comparison

by Fiber-MART.COM Data center regularly went through great migration from 1G, 10G to 40G, 100G over the past few decade. Since IEEE 802.3ba standard defined the 40G Ethernet on June 17, 2010. The newest widely adopted optical transceivers is the QSFP+ that offers aggregated optical speeds of 40G. There are [ Continue reading…]

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How to choose the fiber transceiver

by Fiber-MART.COM With the constant development of the fiber optic communication industry, more and more customers begin to be great concerned about the stability and reliability of the important devices in optical fiber transceivers. Currently, optical transceivers products on the market varies greatly, many manufacturers tend to reap huge profits, [ Continue reading…]

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