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MPO Trunk Cable: Types, Lengths, And Data Center Applications

MPO Trunk Cable: Types, Lengths, and Data Center Applications In 2023, we were handling a data center expansion for a financial services client in Shenzhen. Budget was capped at $185K. CommScope quote

MTP Vs MPO Cable: What's The Difference And Which To Choose?

MTP vs MPO Cable: What's the Difference and Which to Choose? I've been doing technical sales at FOCC for five years now, and I deal with MTP/MPO confusion probably three or four times a week.

PANDA vs Bow-Tie Fiber: PM Fiber Types Comparison

PANDA vs Bow-Tie Fiber: PM Fiber Types Comparison Here's the short answer: unless you're building navigation-grade FOGs or your customer's spec sheet explicitly calls out Bow-Tie, go with

Fiber Optic Connector Types: Visual Identification Guide

Fiber Optic Connector Types: Visual Identification Guide Three weeks back, logistics company in Texas. Procurement manager calls in, says he needs "the blue fiber cables, the small ones." St

XFP vs SFP: Key Differences in Optical Transceivers

XFP vs SFP : Key Differences in Optical Transceivers In October 2024, a purchasing manager from a mid-size German systems integrator sent us an RFQ for 387 pieces of XFP-10G-LR. We asked what chassis

Outdoor Fiber Optic Cable: Types, Ratings, and Applications

Outdoor Fiber Optic Cable : Types, Ratings, and Applications Last Q3, a procurement director from a Southeast Asian telecom operator sent me a failure report. Coastal aerial fiber deployed in 2021, wi

MTP Connector Types: Male vs Female, Polarity Explained

MTP Connector Types: Male vs Female, Polarity Explained Got a call from a customer in Austin last quarter, their integrator had installed 90-something MTP trunks and nothing was working right. Half th

Cat5 vs Cat5e vs Cat6: Ultimate Ethernet Cable Selection Guide

Cat5 vs Cat5e vs Cat6: Ultimate Ethernet Cable Selection Guide Why Most Cable Comparisons Miss the Point What procurement managers actually need to know is whether the $18,000 premium for Cat6A today

DWDM Technology: How Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Works

DWDM Technology: How Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Works Here is something that happened last year. A futures trading firm asked us to quote a 16-channel DWDM solution. They were leasing 11 f

Applications of optical fibers in daily life

Optical fiber is the cylinder-shaped waveguide used in various applications such as communication, entertainment, construction, decoration, medicine, health care, research, development, etc. The mater

Hub vs Switch vs Router: Complete Network Device Comparison [2026]

Hub vs Switch vs Router: Complete Network Device Comparison [2026] I've been handling procurement and project support at focc-fiber for almost six years now. This article isn't going to teach

What is the Difference Between PLC and FBT Splitters?

What is the Difference Between PLC and FBT Splitters? We get asked to quote FBT splitters for 1×16 and 1×32 deployments at least once a month. The conversation usually ends the same way. W