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Data signals sent over optical fiber don’t degrade as much as they do over copper wiring, and they are immune

to induced interference from electromagnetic and RF sources, fluorescent lighting fixtures, etc. Consequently,

a Fast Ethernet fiber optic network segment (100baseFX) can be up to 2 kilometers (6560 feet, or 1.24 miles) long,

twenty times longer than what is possible with CAT-5 UTP copper wire.

Largely due to increased economies of scale, fiber optic cable pricing has become more economical in recent

years, so even 62.5 µm multimode fiber is no longer painfully more expensive than CAT-5 UTP. However, because

of the added cost of media conversion, it’s usually most cost-effective to use fiber only when distance or

electromagnetic conditions require it.