Which Optical Fiber Should You Use: OM4+ or OM5 Fiber?
Since the TIA ratified the specification for OM5, a wideband multimode optical fiber (WB-MMF), customers that are thinking about upgrading their existing infrastructure, or building out new, are asking a question: Should they deploy OM5 fiber? I’ll get to the answer in a bit. First, let’s talk about what OM5 is. OM5 is essentially an…