GigaNet – Forward to the Future!
Leave a CommentOFS recently helped to deploy a turnkey Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) network in the City of Sandy, Oregon. This new network brings 1 GB/s broadband service to approximately 3,500 residents via SandyNet, the internet service provider (ISP) owned by the community and operated by the city since 2003. Sandy is only one of many communities across the nation that have deployed […]
Riding the Winds of Change
Leave a CommentWith the opening next week of the 2015 American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Windpower Conference, fiber optics and wind power are particularly timely topics. According to Industrial Marketing Analyst Natalia Juhasz, people often fail to realize that the many uses of optical fiber include industrial networking, such as control systems for wind power. In fact, […]
Choosing the Right Fiber for In-Building Applications
Leave a CommentNetwork owners are increasingly converting their data center and enterprise telecommunication/data communication systems from copper cabling to optical fiber. Because these applications have shorter overall spans and often use connectors instead of splices, they differ from what is typically seen in long-haul, metropolitan and access deployments. As the use of optical fiber continues to grow […]
OFS Proposes Defining New Multimode Optical Fiber
Leave a CommentAt the most recent TIA 42.11 Subcommittee meeting, Dave Mazzarese of OFS proposed defining a new, next-generation multimode optical fiber. This new fiber would facilitate the use of low-cost, coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) equipment on multimode fiber. The proposed fiber would not only provide up to four times the information carrying capacity of current […]
Sterilization Effects on Key Properties of Optical Fibers
Leave a CommentOptical fibers are successfully used in various areas, such as cardiology and so much more! Optical fibers are successfully used in various areas of medicine, including urology, general surgery, ophthalmology, cardiology, endoscopy, dentistry and medical sensing [1 – 4]. Prior to use inside a human body the fiber must be sterilized to ensure it is […]
Bandwidth of Avionics Cables – OM3 vs OM4
Leave a CommentFlightLink™ Avionics Cables OFS FlightLink™ OM3 Cable designed for commercial aircraft, is a perfect example of the application specific solutions that OFS manufactures. All fiber is manufactured at OFS and our broad portfolio of specialty materials for buffers, strength members and jackets allow us to tailor products to meet or exceed the requirements of a given […]