Fiber-optic broadband has long been touted as the future of the telecoms industry and once you learn a few key facts it is not difficult to understand its importance. Fiber is also spelled a Fibre. While many people are obsessed with wireless internet access, fiber optic may get slightly overlooked. However, as connection-speed requirements are increasing month by month, so too will the significant of fiber-optic broadband.
Fiber-optic broadband should be your fixed-line connection of choice because it has major benefits when compared with the ADSL broadband delivered by traditional copper wiring. Any ADSL customer will know that the download and upload speeds advertised by an internet service provider (ISP) have to be taken with a liberal pinch of salt. This is because they are usually rated at their theoretical maximums and not their real-world performance. The reason for this is that the nature of the telephone wiring means that signals become degraded over long distances and so speeds drop in tandem.
