Bandwidth

Fibre has far more information carrying capacity (bandwidth) and greater signal quality (fidelity) than copper.  Standardized performance is 10Gbps with a potential for 1Tbps and beyond depending on the type of cable specified.

Signal

​Fibre can transmit the signal over greater distances far faster than copper.  A 10Gbps fibre optic cable can transmit a signal over may kilometres as opposed to metres for a copper cable.

Security

​Fibre is a secure communication medium.  A fibre optic cable will not radiate its signal and if tapped the fibre will leak light making it easily detectable and will cause the system to fail.

Stability

​Fibre uses glass to transmit the signal.  Glass is an insulator and is therefore not affected by electromagnetic, radio frequency, electrical and environmental interference.  Fibre optic cables can run alongside power cables with out signal loss (crosstalk) and will work even underwater

Environmentally Friendly

​Fibre is the environmentally friendly option.  1km of fibre optic cable requires only 12 grams of silica compared with 30kg of copper for 1km of coaxial copper cable.  It is also light, 1km of cable weighs just 300 grams.  This means less space required in ducting and less ancillary products to install and support the cable.

Safety

​Fibre is safe.  It does not carry electrical current removing the risk of electric shock and fire and can therefore be used in hazardous environments.

Future proof

​Fibre is future proof.  With almost an infinite bandwidth a system can be upgraded by only changing the transmitter and receiver and not all the cables.

Cost effective

​Fibre is cost effective.  The cost has steadily reduced over the years and once installed is easier to maintain, has less downtime and requires less networking hardware.