Since fiber optics is growing in market share for all kinds of applications, I am hearing more stories about problems with installations. At The Fiber Optic Association, I handle most of the technical inquiries, so I tend to see the trends develop. For a long time, it was testing issues-especially optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) testing by inexperienced operators-but I recently have been seeing a lot of connector problems.
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