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Most importantly, fi- www.AmericanSecurityToday.com ber optics are made of- glass that can be prone to cracking and break- ing. June 2019 - Edition 34 Fiber optic failure from a myriad of stress to the cable such as bending, Exhibit B: Legacy multimode fiber terminations crimping, stretching, twisting, tangling, as well as weather, weight or vermin chewing on the cable will compromise the integrity of the bandwidth and signal to the devices . The fiber terminations at many airports are de- signed to utilize a hybrid solution consisting of hardware cassettes. This includes pigtail cas- settes that fusion splices to TiniFiber that modular- ly installs into these en- closures. The connecting fibers must not crimp, crack or break in the connection or in the pathways. Fail- ure at this point would cripple the network. Many infrastructure team experts at airports be- lieve that space created Exhibit C: Micro Armored TiniFiber patented stainless-steel coiled armor Exhibit D: TiniFiber terminated via fusion splice to a cassette 48

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