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> but the cable breaks incredibly easily Interesting. I was helping a friend wire his small business with 10 Gbit fiber, and the fiber patch cables from 10gtek

> but the cable breaks incredibly easily Interesting. I was helping a friend wire his small business with 10 Gbit fiber, and the fiber patch cables from 10gtek ("the cheapest thing on amazon") were surprisingly resilient - we were yanking them through the false ceiling, getting caught on things, etc, no worries at all. The fiber coming in from the ISP, OTOH, felt like the most delicate thing on the planet.

Doxin 3y ago
Possibly multi-mode vs single-mode cable differences? As I understand it single mode fiber has to basically be as thin as you can get it, whereas with multi-mode you can YOLO the thickness a bit more, especially for short runs.
- kalleboo 3y ago
  It was all single-mode actually!