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In a multimode fiber modal dispersion causes each mode to have a different velocity and reach to the end of the fiber at a different time. This will cause inter-symbol interference (ISI) which means that we need to send data at lower rates in order to prevent ISI. Lower rates means a reduction in bandwidth.

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