There are two basic types of Fiber - single-mode and multi-mode. Single-mode has a diameter of 8 to 10 microns and is normally used for long distance requirements and bandwidth applications. Multi-mode, on the other hand, has a diameter of 50, 62.5 (most common) or 100 microns and is usually used inside or in a campus environment.

Today the most common fiber questions are: "How far into my building should I run fiber? What kind of limits do I have to be concerned about, especially for my Gigabit network? What level of multi-mode high performance fiber do I need? When am I going to run it to the desk? With increasing speeds, how can I ensure that two, five and ten years from now I'll have the capacity I need?

Pacific Link can help answer these questions and we install, terminate and test both multi-mode and single-mode fiber optic cable.

Fiber optics (optical fibers) are long, thin strands of very pure glass about the diameter of a human hair.

They are arranged in bundles called optical cables and used to transmit light signals over long distances.