Breaks in fiber cables can be extremely disruptive, which is why quick attention and efficient restoration are so important.

When a fault causes service to go down, you need to be able to identify both the suspect cable and the exact location of the physical break in order to remedy the situation. Without the proper tools and resources, this is very challenging and risks extended downtimes and lost productivity for your end users.

What Is A Taper Report?

One of the most widely used reports in fiber network management is the taper report which provides a detailed view of the utilization of individual fibers within a specific cable.

When it comes to managing your fiber optic networks, OSPInsight offers one of the most user-friendly and intuitive solutions in the industry. Although feature rich, OSPInsight’s software is easy to learn and aligns perfectly with the real-world processes of building fiber networks. In this article, we’re going to highlight a couple key features that make OSPInsight such an effective tool for managing your fiber optic networks.

Twenty years ago, the only way to document fiber optic networks was by putting pencil to paper. But In 1996, OSPInsight championed an industry-wide shift that transformed an antiquated process into a software driven database.

What Is A Fiber Network Capacity Report?

One of the most valuable tools for fiber optic network developers is the fiber capacity report.

As the name suggests, a capacity report provides a real-time view of how much open capacity exists across the cables within a fiber network, all of the way down to the individual strand.

Over the past five decades, fiber optic technology has improved tremendously, transforming the telecommunications industry and the broader global digital landscape. Today, fiber networks span entire countries and oceans, carrying data over vast distances at near-light speed.

In this article, we take a brief look at the history of fiber networks and then discuss what lies ahead as the technology continues to evolve.

With how much we hear about “The Cloud,” it’s easy to forget that so much of the information we consume actually travels underground through thousands of miles of tubes that have been installed over decades.

There are over 300 million internet users in America.

Every single one of them wants high-speed, reliable, and secure access to the web. Keeping up with this demand means laying down hundreds of miles of new cable, an expensive endeavor riddled with regulatory oversight and challenging logistics.

In a competitive field with a demanding customer base, you need a platform to help you manage your fiber optic network and outperform your competitors.

You need OSPInsight.

Everyday we meet customers who have their data in multiple data storage locations. Many use spreadsheets to track connectivity and Visio or CAD to map cable routes.

Twenty years ago we released the first version of OSPInsight, a fiber network management system. We built OSPInsight to help our customers organize their data and better utilize their network assets. 

We started to make our own Top 10 list for why customers choose OSPInsight, but we thought it was more compelling to use what our customers have said to create the list.