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Answer the following question.
What are the advantages of optical fibre communication over electronic communication?
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Solution
Advantages:
- Broad bandwidth (frequency range): For TV signals, a single optical fibre can carry over 90000 independent signals (channels).
- Immune to EM interference: Optical fibre being electrically non-conductive, does not pick up nearby EM signals.
- Low attenuation loss: loss being lower than 0.2 dB/km, a single long cable can be used for several kilometres.
- Electrical insulator: Optical fibres being electrical insulators, ground loops of metal wires or lightning do not cause any harm.
- Theft prevention: Optical fibres do not use copper or other expensive material which are prone to be robbed.
- Security of information: Internal damage is most unlikely to occur, keeping the information secure.
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