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Table 1: Date rate versus fibre length
Application Data rate (Mbps) Wave length (nm) 50 µm fibre multimode fibre   62·5 µm multimode fibre   Single mode fibre
    Bandwidth (MHz.km) Maximum distance (m) Bandwidth (MHz.km) Maximum distance (m) Maximum distance (m) 
Ethernet 10baseF 10 850 500 1000 160 2000 -
Ethernet 100baseF 100 1300 500 2000 500 2000 2000
Ethernet 1000baseSX 1000 850 500 550 160 220 -
Ethernet 1000baseLX 1000 1300 500 550 500 550 5000