What is the maximum length for fiber optic cable?

Answer 1

Single-Mode Fiber Optics: 20 Miles

Multi-Mode Fiber Optics: 3000 Feet

This is the maximum length you can have for each type of cable without using something such as a hub to continue the signal.

Answer 2

Maximum length of a coaxial cable is the length from an amplifier over which gain at the highest carrier frequency is consumed , that is to say the cable length at end of which the signal level measured on the cable is equal to the input signal level of the same frequency in to the amplifier. This is derived from the principle of UNITY GAIN.

Answer 3

Thinnet (10BASE2) cable has a maximum segment length of 185 meters, and thicknet (10BASE5) cable has a maximum segment length of 500 meters.

For fiber optic cable, the maximum distance is complicated and depends on, among other things, bandwidth and the optical properties of the specific cable. Cables are rated with a bandwidth*distance value. However, in practice, distance is not usually much of a limiting factor, unless you're responsible for high-speed communications between buildings at a large campus, in which case you should probably hire a contractor who understands fiber very well and let them worry about it.

Fiber is also the only one you're likely to actually run into today; coaxial cable has been largely superceded by UTP for networking.

All this is assuming you're talking about computer networking. If you're talking about something else, you need to specify the precise application you have in mind.

Answer 4

Co-ax cable is typically used to carry high speed data such as television signals, computer data etc. Assuming that the cable is installed properly and terminated into the right connectors and equipment, it is capable of running long distances. The final distance depends very much on the data rate. The higher the bandwidth, the shorter the length will be. For example, analog standard definition television will run 1000 feet or more on a good quality cable. Broadcast standard digital SD video can run almost the same distance but HD video is limited to around 300 feet. The losses at high frequencies are greater than at low frequencies so the faster data rate becomes more limited. Also, the type of cable is a big factor. Poor cable can limit a run to, say, 100 feet while a better quality cable will carry the same signal in excess of 1000 feet. For almost all residential applications, there should never be a problem with cable length.

Answer 5

the cable can be anywhere from 899 to 1000

Answer 6

100km

Answer 7

5 miles