| Myths of Fiber Optics Fiber to the Desk is always More Expensive than UTP. Fiber is Extremely Hard to Work With. Fiber is More Fragile than UTP Copper. Fiber is More Expensive than UTP Copper One needs Expensive Test Equipment to test fiber cabling. Installing Fiber Cabling is Labor Intensive. Fiber cabling needs to be installed in Expensive Plenum Innerduct. It takes Longer to Install a fiber plant compared to installing a UTP Cable Plant. |
| Bob Ballard, RCDD, CFOS, CFOI |
Over the years I have found that being miss-informed usually will cost the
individual lots of money. I did a Fiber To The Desk talk several years ago for a
major University near Houston, TX. They had just completed three new
buildings and had installed Category 6 UTP Cabling to the desk. The IT
Director was saddened to find that he could have saved over $30, 000 had he
installed FTTD in one of his three new buildings. The Network Design Firm
failed to offer him a FTTD solution because they had ASSUMED the fiber
solution was more expensive. That same "design" firm did not even know that
50/125 micron fiber was a part of the new 568B.3 Standard. ---Bob Ballard,
Owner
individual lots of money. I did a Fiber To The Desk talk several years ago for a
major University near Houston, TX. They had just completed three new
buildings and had installed Category 6 UTP Cabling to the desk. The IT
Director was saddened to find that he could have saved over $30, 000 had he
installed FTTD in one of his three new buildings. The Network Design Firm
failed to offer him a FTTD solution because they had ASSUMED the fiber
solution was more expensive. That same "design" firm did not even know that
50/125 micron fiber was a part of the new 568B.3 Standard. ---Bob Ballard,
Owner
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