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Can You Build a Fiber Test Kit On a Budget?

Posted by timothy on from the un-un-explained-acronyms dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Have any Slashdot readers hacked together cheap test kits for fiber optic cable? More and more IT infrastructure is using multimode and single mode fiber optic cabling. Commercial test equipment is extremely expensive, running the gamut from a few hundred dollars for a basic light source, to tens of thousands for an OTDR. What equipment do you consider essential to your fiber kit? Is there a way to save costs when it comes to fiber test equipment? It is worth it to do so?"

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  1. Re:You use this word, 'gambit...' by JeffSh · · Score: 2, Funny

    indeed. it is "gamut".. which is ironic since he is talking about multi mode fibre..

  2. Fiber doesn't cost much here.... by Barsteward · · Score: 3, Funny

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    "The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
  3. Re:That would depend on the size of the budget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Even at $5, you have options. You can use you eyes up to 2 times to perform a rudimentary check of the light source.