Volition
The demands made on data networks have been growing exponentially for years. Transmission speeds alone have increased from a few megabits per second in the early 1990s to 10 gigabits per second today and this has had far-reaching effects on network infrastructure. As 3M is already witnessing, fibre optics is playing an increasing role in the deployment of enterprise networks, a trend that is likely to continue with the establishment of the "10 Gigabit Ethernet" standard.Many companies are already acknowledging this trend by installing fibre optic backbones. This solution facilitates subsequent migration from hybrid (a combination of copper wire and optical fibre) to pure optical fibre networks, thus implementing comprehensive "fibre-to-the desk" solutions.
Allowance is made for later conversion to fibre optic technology at the planning stage when installing high-quality twisted copper pairs; currently the most widely used conventional building cabling system.
The solution:
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