- 22 June 2006 -

Fibre to copper converter is cheap and simple

Mahwah, NJ, USA based RAD Data Communications has released a new ETX media converter which converts from fibre optic to copper media for Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet services.

There is an outstanding need from service providers who offer Metro Ethernet services to their customers to bridge the distance between the central office or point of presence to the customer premises. Usually this is achieved by running the fibre optic cable up to the customer premises, or nearby. Since the customer premises, and even the vicinity around it, are typically wired with copper, they must then simply and affordably set up a fibre-to-copper media conversion. Now they can with the RAD ETX Ethernet media converter modules.

Used in the LRS-20 converter rack, the ETX Ethernet media converter can be deployed at the central site for converting fibre to copper. Up to 16 ETX Ethernet media converter modules can be installed in the LRS-20, connecting up to 16 users per chassis. For deployment on the remote side, an ETX Ethernet media converter module is installed in a compact single-slot LRS-1 standalone unit.

www.rad.com