Copper's demise still a ways off

The push toward fiber as an alternative to copper for the majority of broadband network infrastructure is particularly strong due to the high-speed internet access that consumers are coming to expect from their service providers. Investing in the right fiber to Ethernet converters and related hardware will ensure that consumers can take full advantage of these increased speeds in their homes, while optimizing service across a boarder area with minimal latency, noise and cost.

Of course, copper still plays a role in the home and in the workplace, which makes fiber to copper converters so important for providers to invest in. Even as the expectations of FTTH deployments grow, firms have to adapt to what consumers expect from their home networks as well. The right solutions will drive progress without reducing customer service or appreciation. Consumers that see their provider going above and beyond basic service expectations to ensure high-speed access will remember those efforts down the road.

Copper may still have an important place in broadband service, but fiber-optic cabling is the wave of the future, and providers that adapt and prepare for the changing trends will be able to provide higher-quality service sooner, rather than later, while optimizing the value per price for clients.

Perle has an extensive range of Managed and Unmanaged Fiber Media Converters to extended copper-based Ethernet equipment over a fiber optic link, multimode to multimode and multimode to single mode fiber up to 160km.