Fibre Optic
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UK Cabling has many years experience in the supply, design, installation, termination and testing of all types of fibre optic cables.
Whether you require the supply, installation, termination, testing of Single Mode or Multi Mode Fibre, using ST, SC, FC, FDDI or MTRJ connectors, you can be assured that UK Cabling's in house qualified installers are equipped with the latest knowledge and equipment to carry out the work to the highest standard.
UK Cabling has been at the forefront of providing fibre optic solutions to the communications market since it began in 1997, fibre optic installation has always been a core part of UK Cabling's undertaking.
A Brief History of Fibre
The first steps towards using fibre optics as a form of communication stretch back to the 1960's when lasers were introduced as a source of coherent light. Interest in the use of light as a carrier for information grew significantly from then on.
At first the transmission distances were very limited, but as manufacturing techniques became more advanced and very pure glass arrived in the 1970's, it became feasible to use optical fibres as a practical transmission medium.
Around this time semi conductor light source and detector development meant that by 1980 world wide installation of optical fibre communication systems had been achieved.
Fibre optic technology is a cutting edge method of transmitting information over great distances using pulse lights. Fibre optic cabling is currently the best long distance communications method because it provides much faster data transfer speeds when compared to traditional interconnection media such as copper cable.
Advantages of Fibre
The signal cannot be interrupted by external influences, for example: electricity, rain or humidity. These are all factors that tend to damage conventional copper wire signals, which is why fibre optic cable is the ideal solution in volatile conditions. Optical fibre is also lightweight compared with copper.
Optical fibres will carry signals with much less energy loss than their copper counterparts and at a much higher bandwidth. Bandwidth equates to data carrying capacity, therefore more channels of information can be carried over longer distances with fewer repeaters.
Optical fibres are much thinner and lighter than copper cables; this means there is less space required in ducting and trunking when installing a system.
Optical fibres are almost impossible to tap into without detection, making it an ideal medium for banks and other information sensitive environments. They are immune from radio signals, ignition systems, lightning etc; so they can be safely routed through explosive or flammable atmospheres and potentially hazardous sites.
Low power consumption and excellent distance carrying abilities enable a relatively inexpensive installation.
The Future
Singlemode optical fibres are now standard point to point cable links between telephone exchanges and sub stations, with a carrying capacity of thousands of simultaneous telephone calls.
Multimode fibre is commonly used as a backbone fibre for networks, to link buildings together. Copper is still the current favourite to the desktop, but with growing bandwidth requirements, fibre is rapidly being employed as a standard PC connection while cable TV is one of the main users of optical fibre.
Closed circuit television systems require security and reliability with no interface for the camera transmission, optical fibres provide the solution.
With the growth in video streaming from the world wide web, the current BT Network is going to have to be upgraded to fibre to deal with demand.
But even if the network is upgraded to meet the demands of the future, the bottleneck could be in the last mile of reaching people's homes.
Broadband speeds in many homes are simply not fast enough to deal with the delivery of high definition content.
In the UK, BT is trialling its ADSL2+ network which should give customers up to 24Mbps while cable firm NTL/Telewest is trialling broadband with up to 50Mbps.
While in the US, telecoms providers like Verizon are rolling out fibre optic networks, promising speeds of about 30Mbps and potentially up to 100Mbps.
The fat pipe, as the network is known, is still getting fatter. Who knows ? Maybe we will see fibre to all homes in the near future......