Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes:>It all has to do with the distance that you need to go. 850 nm >/ multi-mode / short reach is almost always cheaper and earlier >to appear than single-mode counterparts at faster and faster >speeds.My friend does not put connectors on; rather he buys pigtails and fusion-splices them onto the run. He hates to splice multi-mode so badly, we moved to single mode just to keep him happy. When you have someone with the right tools, just do what he wants. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close.......................... Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Single mode, dual fiber optical link downsides
Started by ●September 22, 2020
Reply by ●September 26, 20202020-09-26
Reply by ●September 26, 20202020-09-26
Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes:>I don't mind being blunt here.>IPv4 (and v6) is also dated. Yet almost all of us are doing new >deployments or expansions with it every single day.>I believe that Steve has said something to the effect of "just because >something is old does not mean that it has a problem".What He Said. The single worst thing about the Valley culture is the mistaken belief that "New is always better & fixes everything..." Which leads to everyone abandoning good approaches that need some refinement, because New is Here! -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close.......................... Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Reply by ●September 26, 20202020-09-26
On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 16:04:13 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> wrote:>Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> writes: > > >>It all has to do with the distance that you need to go. 850 nm >>/ multi-mode / short reach is almost always cheaper and earlier >>to appear than single-mode counterparts at faster and faster >>speeds. > >My friend does not put connectors on; rather he buys pigtails >and fusion-splices them onto the run. > >He hates to splice multi-mode so badly, we moved to single mode >just to keep him happy. When you have someone with the right >tools, just do what he wants.We order what we need from Fiberopticcableshop. -- John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc Science teaches us to doubt. Claude Bernard
