On Dec 17, 2012, at 09:14 , Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:01 PM, James Wininger <jwinin...@ifncom.net> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> Looking for input from "providers" as well as "consumers" of data center >> space and facilities. Specifically speaking to the types of available >> physical cross connects. >> >> Are there data centers out there that are "fiber only"? That is to say that >> the cross connects are fiber only and no copper cross connects are available? >> >> I understand that fiber is great and all, but to my knowledge there are a >> lot of folks still using and needing copper cross connects. Am I wrong? >> -- >> >> Jim > > In general the physical size and space needed for security make fiber > a requirement. Copper is very useful but ladder racks and managed > cabling can make runs much longer. Fiber is simply the next scale. > > I have yet to see a datacenter that doesn't offer both. That does not mean that all runs within any given datacenter can be done via copper, but I don't now of any datacenters that do not make copper cross-connects available to customers that wish to purchase them. Owen
