Finally picked between fiber and copper for a warehouse run

Had to choose between running Cat6a or single-mode fiber to a new shipping station 300 feet from the MDF. Went with fiber after pricing out the cost of copper with all the grounding needs. Took an extra day to terminate but the latency is rock solid, zero issues so far. Anyone else made the switch recently?

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benbrown8d ago

300 feet? I did a 275 foot run in an old factory building a few months ago and copper was gonna be a nightmare with all the electrical noise around. Fiber was easier to pull through the existing conduit too since it's lighter and thinner. Haven't had a single packet drop since I flipped the switch.

dakota7878d agoOG Member

Drove me nuts trying to terminate copper in a spotty old mill building once. Three different runs kept getting interference from some ancient machinery that'd kick on randomly. Finally just yanked the whole thing out and ran fiber in its place. Pulled through the same conduit no problem, like you said it's way easier to snake around tight corners. Plus no worrying about grounding issues or voltage differences between floors in an old building like that. Honestly feel like fiber should be the default for anything over 150 feet, copper just isn't worth the headache in those cases.