Fiber optic cables support vastly higher bandwidth than copper cables, enabling data rates several hundred times greater.

Fiber optics use light pulses to carry data, which allows them to achieve much higher transmission rates than copper cables that rely on electrical signals. This difference makes fiber indispensable for large business campuses, data centers, and ISPs where high throughput is critical. For example, a single fiber link can carry over 50 terabits per second, supporting millions of simultaneous HD video streams, far exceeding copper’s capacity.