FAQ

Fibre optics is usually presented as the benchmark for telecoms network reliability, because the background error rate is virtually error free compared to legacy cable, wireless or satellite transmission mediums.

This is another instance where "microwave" is often generalized. Any blanket statement that asserts that microwave is or isn't a secure medium is patently false. The degree of security depends on the power and frequency of the radio, the width of the beam and the type of information being transmitted. This is not as complicated as it may seem.

Microwave energy travels as an electromagnetic signal. Electromagnetic energy is non ionising – in other words, there is insufficient energy to change the DNA composition of human tissue.

Microwave links are affected by the changing refractive conditions of the atmosphere, as well as by atmospheric absorption from oxygen and water vapour.

Parabolic ("dish") antennas should never need realignment, even after a hurricane. We can forget about that sad-sack satellite user that cable ads show wrestling a dish on the structural equivalent of a coat rack.