At Orbex, we have over 16 years of experience providing SMEs, educational establishments, charities and the public sector with a full network design and installation service. You can count on Orbex fibre optic installations and design solutions to take care of all your fibre optic cabling needs. All our fibre optic solutions are world class at affordable cost. With the increased cost of copper and the reduction in the cost of fibre, the balance of installation is shifting increasingly towards fibre optics. Fibre can carry 10 times the amount of data over 20 x the distance in a single core, thus reducing installation times and material bulk. Also, fibre optic networks provide a solid and future proof solution that’s suitable in the majority of applications. We offer a wide range of solutions which are 100 percent customised to your requirements. We specialise in the complete installation of business communication systems with structured voice and data cabling design and infrastructure. We take structured cabling and networking to a new level with cutting edge services. Our Data Cabling / Structured Cabling solutions are designed with high quality and today’s business bandwidth requirements in mind. We have Networking products to support all the connectivity method and we offer maximum deployment flexibility and all business niches or personalization requirements.
We are based in London and our central storage facilities allow us fast access and response to all areas within Greater London and the Home Counties area. From minor additions, moves and changes through to brand new installations and office refurbishments, Orbex is committed to the highest levels of technical excellence and customer service. We also work with a number of leading IT and telecoms companies providing unparalleled service to their clients.
What type of Fibre cable and equipment do you need for your installation?
There are two types of Fibre used in communications infrastructure, Single Mode (OS1, OS2) and Multimode (OM1 – OM4). In basic terms, the main reason you would usually choose one over the other comes down to the capacity for how much data can be transferred over a maximum distance.
In short: Multimode (OM4) cable can provide optimum transfer of 100 Gigabytes of data up to distances of 150 Metres. Single mode (OS1 & OS2) can provide optimum transfer of this level of data over 40 Kilometres.
Moving down to 1 Gigabyte of data, the numbers become 1,100 Metres and 100 Kilometres respectively. So the difference is of massive proportions!
In reality, unless you have a specific applications that requires the cabling to be single mode, or you’re looking for connectivity over great distances, the chances are you’ll be looking at installing Multimode fibre cabling.
|
Core / Cladding (um) |
Fast Ethernet 100Mb |
Gigabit GbE |
10 Gigabit 10GbE |
40 Gigabit 40GbE |
100 Gigabit 100GbE |
|
Multimode |
OM1 |
62.5 / 125 |
2km |
275m |
33m |
- |
- |
Multimode |
OM2 |
50 / 125 |
2km |
550m |
82m |
- |
- |
Multimode |
OM3 |
50 / 125 |
2km |
800m |
300m |
100m |
100m |
Multimode |
OM4 |
50 / 125 |
2km |
1100m |
400m |
150m |
150m |
Singlemode |
OS/OS2 |
9 / 125 |
40km |
100km |
40km |
40km |
40km |
Orbex offer high quality structured cabling installation service across London & UK as well as best price access in London region. Contact Orbex today for your Data Cabling requirements:
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For more information call 0203 597 4000 or email support@orbex.co.uk