Fiber optic cable is very similar to copper wire system that is in use today except for one thing copper system uses electronic pules to transmit information, where fiber optic cable uses light pulses to transmit information. There are three different types of fiber optic cables and were going to look at it. The first is the single mode cable. This is a single stand of glass fiber that is small in diameter but does carry higher bandwidth thus it will transmit at a much higher rate. The biggest drawback to this fiber optic cable is it the most expensive one.

Multi mode is another form of fiber optic cable which has a larger diameter and can carry high bandwidth speeds over medium distances. This one costs less and is used more often. The third and last fiber optic cable is POF which stands for Plastic optic fiber. This is the newest one and is a plastic based cable which performs similar to glass cable on very short runs, but at a much lower cost.

One of the best things about Fiber optic cables is that you can carry so much more over the line than traditional copper lines. Why is this import? Simply put we are using and making more phone calls and transferring more data every day. The copper wire system can only transfer it to fast. The biggest drawback is the cost of fiber optic cable. The biggest battles right now in the fiber optic cable industry is who is going to have to pay for the upgrade. I will tell you right now that in the end the consumer will have to pay for it in the end. That’s the way it always works.

Fiber optic cables are where were headed as were going to need it in the future to carry all the data we push right now. Every day more and more data is put into the system so fiber optic cable is really are only choice. The biggest drawback is it’s going to take a long time to implement it all and the cost will be passed onto the consumers. Maybe some of the companies in the telecommunications arena will help pay for it. I seriously doubt if we will ever see that though.