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FiberOptic.com and Black Box, what do they have in common?

FiberOptic.com has now become a Black Box authorized distributor. Let me tell you what this can do for you.

Black Box is the largest independent provider of major communications and infrastructure technologies. Black Box not only offers services from design, installation and maintenance of contact centers, IP telephony, PBXs, and converged systems but they also offer over 118,000 networking products! This is huge for you and for FiberOptic.com.

We have been focusing all of our time and effort strictly in the Fiber Optic industry, but have decided to widen our product lines to offer some of the best products provided by Black Box. This includes Copper Cabling products, Cabinets & Racks, KVM ServSwitch, Networking Equipment, Multimedia and Digital Signage and so much more! Not only is our array of products growing but Black Box is helping with their superior technical support and product services. They support the industry’s best warranties! No-questions-asked protection even from accidental drops or spills. One Year to LIFETIME product warranty, and low cost additional purchase protection. Look at the value that is already building from this great cooperation between companies. You have two of the industry’s best working together!

This could be the best of both worlds for you the customer, need fiber optics need copper, come to us FiberOptic.com we can become your one stop shop!

Thanks,

Chris LaBonge
President
FiberOptic.com

P.S. Feel free to inquire about our new Manufacturer Finance Program through FiberOptic.com on the PRO 730 Fusion Splicer.

Special Offer

In honor of the new PacketLight Networks PL-2000 – Multiprotocol/Multirate Sub-10G Muxponder, we're offering 15% off all PacketLight Gear from now until February 28, 2011! Tel Aviv, Israel – January 2nd, 2011 - PacketLight Networks Ltd. a leading provider of CWDM, DWDM and Dark Fiber connectivity solutions, announced today that it has released the PL-2000, the next generation multiprotocol/multirate sub-10G muxponder in a 1U box. The PL-2000 provides efficient and flexible aggregation layer of multiprotocol/multirate sub-10G services into single 10G OTU2 uplink trunk. The 10G OTU2 uplink can aggregate simultaneously SDH/SONET, Ethernet, Fibre channel and Video services, thus providing a perfect access platform for multiple clients’ needs and allows merger of legacy and new services transparently. The rates and protocols supported range from Fast Ethernet to GbE, 1/2/4G FC/FICON, STM-1/OC-3, STM-4/OC-12, STM-16/OC-48 and others. More Details are Available on the PacketLight Website... Call now for more information or to request a quote!

Ask A Fiber Expert

Last Month's Puzzler: Why is fiber immune to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)? For anybody who was stumped last month, here's the answer to the previous puzzler. Electromagnetic Interference is basically only a factor in conductors that can act as antennas to collect RF energy. Since glass is a dielectric substance, there is no conductive, antenna like effect. Therefore, fiber optic cables are immune to EMI and will produce a noise-free transmission.

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Solve this month's FIBER CHALLENGE question and enter a drawing to win some FREE Fiber Optic SWAG!* No entries will be accepted after 2/20/2011. Answer the following question and simply e-mail the solution to marketing@fiberoptic.com for a chance to win! How do you identify macrobends in the fiber using an OTDR? Don't know the answer? Don't forget that FiberOptic.com offers comprehensive introductory & advanced fiber optic training courses! Visit www.theFiberSchool.com. *There are a limited number of winners each month. Due to international shipping costs, participants outside the United States will receive their prize along with their next order from FiberOptic.com

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