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AnswerThe biggest is less attenuation (degradation) of signal, so that a message can travel significantly further over an optical fibre than over a copper (twisted pair of coax) cable before it becomes too garbled to understand. In addition, fibre optic cables are generally immune to electromagnetic interference (such as strong electrical or magnetic fields) nearby, while copper cables can have such interference reduce or completely destroy their ability to carry signals. Finally, it is much easier to transmit on multiple channels (frequencies) over fibre than over copper, so a fibre optic cable can handle many more simultaneous message streams than twisted pair or coax.

In short: fibre allows hugely greater distances between endpoints, is practically immune to outside interference, and can handle hundreds or thousands of times more signal channels than twisted pair or coaxial cable.

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