Do indoor fiber optic cables still need conduits
New fiber lines can be installed to pass through empty conduits if the bandwidth is needed in the future, thus no new path needs to be trenched. Underground fiber cables are generally pulled within a conduit that is buried underground, usually 1 to 2 meters deep, to reduce the possibility of being dug up. Lubricants are added to the outdoor cable design to reduce friction on high-pulling tension. I am hoping to run a fibre optic cable from the office/study to the "server" room where I'll have my NAS. Having outlined the two strategies, one can easily note some advantages and disadvantages of each of the approaches.
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