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What are some disadvantages of using optical cable in telecommunications service ?

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Date Posted: 2017/02/28
Nasir Khan
by Nasir Khan , Instrumentation Engineer / Site Supervision Engineer , Associated Consulting Engineers-ACE (Pvt.) Ltd.

1. Huge Cost of cable itself.

2. Costly Transmitters & Receivers.

3. Installation & Splicing is costly and difficult.

4. Fragility of Fiber.

5. Optical Fiber communications needs repeaters after some calculated distances.

6. Optical fiber needs more protection around than others.

Swarup kumar Sahoo
by Swarup kumar Sahoo , Junior Electrical engineer , PVC industry

basic disadvantages as it is not easy to tap.

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