Category Buying Guides

Connector & Length Guide: LC, UPC, Meters vs Feet

Two mistakes cause most first-time fiber returns: the wrong connector polish, and the wrong length. Both are avoidable in about three minutes. LC, and the blue-vs-green question LC is the small push-pull connector used by virtually all modern SFP/SFP+/QSFP transceivers…

2-Fiber vs 4-Fiber Armored Cables

Our armored single-mode line comes in two fiber counts: 2-fiber (duplex) and 4-fiber. The right choice depends on how many links you are lighting up — and whether you want spares in the ground for free. What a fiber count…

OS2 vs OM3: Which Fiber Mode Do You Need?

Choosing between OS2 and OM3 fiber is the single most common decision in fiber cabling — and it is decided by your transceivers, not by the cable. Here is the honest, no-marketing version. The one-line answer OS2 is single-mode fiber…