Fiber optics

Almost too good to be true

Fiber optics is undoubtedly the medium of the future. Fiber optics are changing the game in many ways. First, of course, because of the speed at which they can transmit data. Although light in fiber bounces like a billiard ball, it reaches almost the speed of light over the distance traveled. That’s 300,000 kilometers. Per second.

The signal travels around the Earth seven and a half times in the blink of an eye. This means that fiber optics do not need a particularly large cross-section to transport enormous amounts of data. Conventional fiber optics are as thin as a human hair.

It’s incredible, but true.

Just as impressive as its breathtaking performance, fiber optics have an exemplary environmental record because they are literally green. Not only in their manufacture (natural quartz), but above all in their operation. Compared to the copper VDSL network, fiber optics consume 17 times less energy.

This is not only good news for your wallet, but also for the environment, as it conserves resources and reduces CO2 emissions. Furthermore, thanks to its very low energy consumption, there is no electromagnetic radiation, to which some people may be sensitive.

And where less energy is consumed, there is less heat to cool. And where less technology needs to be installed (for example, line amplifiers are virtually eliminated), susceptibility to failure is also significantly reduced.

Ultimately, fiber optics is a win-win solution. For users and for the planet. And planners are also satisfied when they can generate a connection report at the touch of a button or immediately check optical performance at any point in the network. A new and promising world.