Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: July 2000
Product Code: R97-443Description Since 1995, when Category 5 copper cabling, with the help of Fast Ethernet, won the first fiber vs. copper battle, fiber has been patiently awaiting its second chance. In the next two years, fiber and copper cabling will approach their next major crossroads, and fiber is in a solid position to turn the metal tide.
Although copper is much more predominant to the desktop than fiber, fiber will see double digit growth over the next five years to almost 50,000 ports. Most of this growth will be driven by the more economical multi-mode fiber. Multi-mode fiber appeals more to large networks than to small networks.
Fiber to the desktop is still an expensive proposition, but its costs and benefits, relative to the proposed available copper upgrade options (Category 6 and 7), make it the far wiser choice when the time comes for an organization to pull new cable. Combined with fiber's superior security and quality attributes, this will drive fiber further into the enterprise.
Copper vs. Fiber: What the Users Want provides end-user survey results and five-year forecasts for fiber and copper ports. The report assesses technology, user preferences, and market trends impacting the overall usage of copper and fiber cabling in the LAN.
Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Survey Design
- Sample Collection
- Data Cleaning
- Media Descriptions
- Demographics
- By Industry
- By Size
- By Revenue
- Technology Overview
- Network Cabling Options
- Standards
- Industry Associations
- Market Overview
- History
- Barriers to Fiber
- Opportunities
- Implications
- Market Demand
- Desktop Cabling
- Backbone Cabling
- LAN Cabling Runs
- Forecast Summary
List of Tables
- Table 1. Media Descriptions
- Table 2. Fiber vs. Copper Ports in the LAN Forecast
List of Figures
- Figure 1. Fiber vs. Copper Ports in the LAN
- Figure 2. Percentage of Fiber vs. Copper Ports in the LAN
- Figure 3. Sample Creation Process
- Figure 4. Representation of Vertical Industry Segments
- Figure 5. Size of Organization by Number of Employees
- Figure 6. Organizations by Annual Revenue
- Figure 7. 1999 Primary Topology to the Desktop
- Figure 8. Two Year Growth of Primary Topology to the Desktop
- Figure 9. 1999 10 Mbps Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 10. Two Year Growth of 10 Mbps Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 11. 1999 Fast Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 12. Two Year Growth of Fast Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 13. 1999 Gigabit Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 14. 2001 Gigabit Ethernet to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 15. 1999 Token Ring to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 16. Two Year Growth of Token Ring to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 17. 1999 FDDI to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 18. Two Year Growth of FDDI to the Desktop by Industry
- Figure 19. 1999 Primary Topology to the Desktop by Size
- Figure 20. Two Year Growth of Primary Topology to the Desktop by Size
- Figure 21. 1999 to 2001 Fiber in the Enterprise Backbone
- Figure 22. 1999 Fiber in the Enterprise Backbone by Industry
- Figure 23. 2001 Fiber in the Enterprise Backbone by Industry
- Figure 24. 1999 Fiber in the Enterprise Backbone by Size
- Figure 25. 2001 Fiber in the Enterprise Backbone by Size
- Figure 26. Maximum Distance of Cabling Runs in the LAN
- Figure 27. Maximum Distance of Cabling Runs by Industry
- Figure 28. Maximum Distance of Cabling Runs by Size
- Figure 29. Fiber vs. Copper Ports in the LAN Forecast
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