How does it compare to the price trend on copper?
Jim Jachetta: As I mentioned earlier, the cost of fiber has steadily gone down and the cost of copper has gone up. I will give an example. A 6 strand Singlemode fiber cable will cost under $1 per foot in small quantities. A minimum of 6 high resolution UXGA or RGB-HV signals can be transported over this particular fiber cable. If we use CWDM technology more than 100 signals can be transported over this fiber cable. If we compare this to a CAT5 or UTP solution for just ONE UXGA or RGB-HV signal we would have to use Skew Free CAT5 cable at over $10 per foot. That $10 per foot to move ONE signal. Question # 9: Of course, there is rapidly increasing demand for high bandwidth residential AV service and the fiber deployment for this represents a huge investment for communication companies. What’s the likelyhood that some future advance in fiber technology might make the currently deployed networks obsolete? Jim Jachetta: On new installation we always recommend our customers, consultant and i
