Gem Cable Communications install and terminate all types of fibre cabling, all across the UK. The majority of our fibre customers are based in London, but we cover the whole of the UK, and even Mainland Europe.
Whether you require a complete fibre installation in a datacentre, or simply require an existing cable to be re-terminated, Gem Cable's skilled fibre engineers are ready to help. All our terminations are achieved by fusion splicing on site, using pre-terminated and pre-tested fibre pigtails, ensuring a first class result every time
Multimode fibre
Singlemode fibre
From 4 cores to 144, whether a single run between racks or a fully meshed inter-hall datacentre roll-out, internal or external, Gem Cable will provide you with peace of mind that you fibre installation will be trouble free.
If you are unsure of what fibre type to specify, the following table shows the commonest Ethernet interface standards, and the distances possible with different fibre types;
Maximum distance per fibre type | ||||
Ethernet Interface | OS1 | OM1 | OM2 | OM3 |
10GBase-LX4 (10G LX4) | 10km | 300m | 300m | 300m |
10GBase-SR/SW (10G SR or 10G SW) | - | 32m | 82m | 300m |
1000Base-LX (Gigabit LX) | 5km | 550m | 550m | 550m |
1000Base-SX (Gigabit SX) | - | 275m | 550m | 550m |