- Internet & Connectivity
What is SD-WAN and Should Your Business Use It?
27 Jul, 2025



£24.25 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
StarTech’s 15m multimode duplex fibre jumper (LC/LC, LSZH) for £20.23 ex-VAT is exactly the sort of “just make it work” cable you want in a UK datacentre/office spares box. The LSZH jacket is a sensible choice for environments where people don’t want the extra hassle of higher-safety-risk cabling, and 15m is a realistic run for patching between a comms rack and a nearby patch panel/ONT/switch. If you’re doing short patch leads, this is good value because you’re paying for the right length and the right connector format, not for expensive overkill.
That said, don’t buy it blindly: multimode is only correct if your gear and link are actually multimode-compatible (many newer deployments are moving to single-mode, especially beyond short distances). Also, fibre jumper quality matters less than good termination/handling—if your site practices are sloppy (bending radius, repeated moves, dragging patch leads), you’ll end up wasting time chasing intermittent faults. If you need long runs, different connector types, or single-mode for your optics, I’d skip this and get the correct spec instead—because the cost of troubleshooting far outweighs the couple of quid you “save” on the wrong cable.

STARTECH
StarTech.com 5m Fiber Optic Cable - Multimode Duplex 50/125 - LSZH - LC/LC - OM2 - LC to LC Fiber Patch Cable - Network cable - LC multi-mode (M) to LC multi-mode (M) - 5 m - 5 m - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - for P/N: GLCLHSMDSTTA, GLCSXMMDST, GLCSXMMDSTT, JD118BST, MASFP1GBSXST, SFP100BFXST

STARTECH
StarTech.com 20m (65ft) LC to LC (UPC) OM5 Multimode Fiber Optic Cable, 50/125�m Duplex LOMMF Zipcord, VCSEL, 40G/100G, Bend Insensitive, Low Insertion Loss, LSZH Fiber Patch Cord - Patch cable - LC/UPC multi-mode (M) to LC/UPC multi-mode (M) - 20 m - 20 m - 2.9 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - OM5 - halogen-free, up to 100 Gbps data transfer rate - green

STARTECH
StarTech.com 40m (131ft) LC/LC (UPC) OM4 Multimode Fiber Optic Cable - Patch cable - LC/UPC duplex multi-mode (M) to LC/UPC duplex multi-mode (M) - 40 m - 40 m - 1.6 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - OM4 - OFNR - jumper - erika violet

STARTECH
StarTech.com 30m (98.4ft) SC to SC (UPC) OS2 Single Mode Simplex Fiber Optic Cable, 9/125�m, 40G/100G, Bend Insensitive, Low Insertion Loss, LSZH Fiber Patch Cord - Patch cable - SC/UPC single-mode (M) to SC/UPC single-mode (M) - 30 m - 30 m - 2 mm - fibre optic - simplex - 9 / 125 micron - OS1/OS2 - halogen-free, passive, bi-directional - yellow