Introduction To Fiber Optic Cabling

Welcome! This course is designed to give you a good understand of fiber optics and fiber data transmission.

4.48 (3610 reviews)

Udemy

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English

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Network & Security

What you will learn

By the end of this course you should have a good understanding of fiber optic cabling.

Why take this course?

For years there has been a need for that faster internet connection. People rely on the internet for almost everything, information/research, streaming movies from popular services like netflix or hulu, online gaming, even with mobile phones there is a need for that faster connection. Fiber Optics is the answer! Our old copper based cabling simply wont support the speeds and data capacity needed this day in age. Big companies such as AT&T/Verizon & even the U.S. Government have invested in updating our old copper cabling to Fiber Optic Cabling. So why is it not everywhere? After investing billions in upgrading our old copper cabling to fiber cabling the communications industry realized the man power simply isn't there to install it fast enough. What does this mean? It means there are a lot of jobs out there in this field, the need for fiber optic professionals is high. I am here to teach you the basics of fiber optics. A lot of this course is based off of the curriculum I teach at the University of Riverside that gives students a CFOT(Certified Fiber Optic Technician) Certificate from the FOA(Fiber Optics Association).

This course is intended for anyone who wants to learn the basics of fiber optics, maybe you are curious about the buzz around fiber optics, or maybe you are a systems administrator and IT manager that wants to gain knowledge of fiber optics. Whatever the case, this course is for you!

Reviews

Joshua

October 20, 2023

Good to start to understand fiber cables but once he gets in to a little more detail he doesn't explain what the uses would be for it. like example the color code he never says why there is a color code just that there is one and it has to be in order. He also doesn't go too much more into the slide than what it says on the screen.

Stanley

October 17, 2023

To start with, there are too many distractors in the lesson. He uses crutch words like, um, and uh excessively and that detracts from the lesson. Since this is a voice over, he could have scripted this out and possible avoided the crutch words. Next, the captioning has a LOT of errors. If I was hearing impaired, this course wouldn't make a lot of sense because of the errors. Someone needs to correct the errors in captioning. Next, use the correct terms for things. You don't "spy" into a line. You tap into a line. That's accepted terminology. Lastly, in "Why Fiber" he refers to copper around the 1:35 mark in the lesson but doesn't clarify that he is talking about ethernet cabling until the 2:40 mark. Clarifying immediately could avoid some confusion, especially if his audience has experience with coaxial cabling and data speeds on coaxial cable.

Troy

October 9, 2023

Great information! I work with our Network Engineers and we have started migrating to fiber. This will help me , not only, communicate with them a little easier but also know what they are talking about in reports and physically in our UDC. Thanks!

Quy

September 8, 2023

This course is designed to give you a good understand of fiber optics and fiber data transmission. Thanks

Nys

August 16, 2023

Soms een beetje traag. Maar heeft geeft wel een goed beeld over wat een Fiber is. Had graag meer technische zaken gezien hoe een kabel gemaakt werd en een werkelijk situatie van hoe licht in een fiber gaat ipv een simpel diagram

Johnny

August 4, 2023

Good introduction, wished there was a bit more about multi-mode and why would one use it. Also, a bit more about the wavelengths, why the different ones are used and when. Finally, more on the receiver and transmitter explanation would be helpful to show how it works.

Steve

July 30, 2023

seems good so far.. clear.. i have known most of the material so far. I am waiting for some new information

Ahmed

June 24, 2023

Overall, I found this course to be an excellent introduction to Fiber Optic Cabling. As someone who is new to the field, I value the knowledge and skills I learned, and I feel much more confident in my ability to work with fiber optic cabling. I would highly recommend this course to anyone who is looking to learn more about this exciting technology.

Amol

May 31, 2023

types of single mode & multi mode fiber cable not covered (like OS 1/2, OM 1 to 5). Should cover this also.

Ricky

May 8, 2023

I have learned a lot in this first session, I didn't know fiber optics cable was made of glass and how you have to handle it very carefully and the distance it travels verses copper.

Anonymized

April 21, 2023

waste of time and money. there is not such information in this course. it is usefull only for 8th standard students that to only to know what is optics.

Justin

January 25, 2023

The instructor covers the basics of fiber optics and does a good job keeping the videos no longer than necessary. A potential drawback is that he essentially uses the slides as a script then expounds on that content with a couple of extra details.

William

January 19, 2023

Studying for CompTIA Net+ exam and this was helpful in giving me a better understanding of wavelengths and crosstalk. Pretty short, which is good.

Goh

January 13, 2023

The diagram and explanation in "9 Wavelengths" can be improved. The way the diagram is drawn, of the light ray moving along the length of the fiber, actually shows the total internal reflection of the ray inside the fiber. But it is confused with wavelength measurement.

Gary

January 11, 2023

Instructor is confused on why there is a 100 meter distance limit for copper cables versus fibre-optic. It has nothing to do with optical being superior to copper, but rather due to the specification of the propagation delay of an Ethernet preamble used to detect collisions on a half-duplex Cat3/5/6/7 segment. Were copper inherently limited to 100 meters, phone companies would have had to build central offices every 100 meters across the country. The instructor needs to become more familiar with the difference between physical media specifications and protocol specifications.

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