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Q:Why wouldn't I skip category 6 and go straight to optical fiber?
A:You can certainly do that but will find that a fiber system is still
very expensive. Ultimately, economics drive customer decisions, and today
optical fiber together with optical transceivers is about twice as expensive
as an equivalent system built using category 6 and associated copper electronics.
Installation of copper cabling is more craft-friendly and can be accomplished
with simple tools and techniques. Additionally, copper cabling supports
the emerging Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) power standard under development
by IEEE (802.3af).
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