Yes, any level of bend-insensitive fiber has a better bend radius than cat6a. a3/b3 is much better. Cat6a min bend radius is about an inch. g.657a3/b3=~0.2 i

Yes, any level of bend-insensitive fiber has a better bend radius than cat6a. a3/b3 is much better. Cat6a min bend radius is about an inch. g.657a3/b3=~0.2 inch g.657a2/b2=~0.39 inch g.675a1/b1=~0.59 inch as for connectors, not anymore. They have simple ones that are just mechanical crimp. IE you cleave it, crimp it, and that's done. 0.15-0.25db loss, which is fine for a home run. also, LC connectors/etc are small enough that you can just fish them (they are less than half the size of a cat connector), or disassemble them and re-assemble. I have a fusion splicer, but i just fish completed cables with the connector covered. Also, these days you can get a reasonable fusion splicer on amazon for ~750 bucks that is 0.025db average loss. There are less and less reasons to run cat these days. QSFPTEK just emailed me this morning offering me multimode 100G-SR4 optics (100M, so same as ethernet) for 35 bucks a piece. They are regularly only 50 bucks a piece now anyway. 100G is obviously crazy for anyone's home need, but the point is the speed at which things like it are becoming cheaper is really high right now.