- VoIP & Phone Systems
Understanding VoIP Bandwidth Requirements for Your Business
18 Mar, 2026






£42.17 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
This is the kind of fibre jumper you buy when you need something boring and reliable: a short breakout that turns one MTP-style connection into four LC duplex ends for a 40G-ish, multi-lane setup. For UK datacentres and comms rooms, the plenum/OFNP side matters too—if you’re running cabling in spaces where airflow rules apply, it’s one less thing to worry about at install time. At ~£35 ex-VAT for a 1m run, it’s priced like a practical workshop/warehouse part rather than a “premium brand” fibre lifeline, which is exactly how I’d treat it.
Who should buy it: integrators, MSPs, and infrastructure teams doing patching between trunks/cassettes and patch panels where you want to keep runs short and tidy. It’s a good fit when you don’t want to faff with separate LC pigtails or custom patch leads. Who shouldn’t: if you’re trying to stretch distance (it’s only 1m), or if your system isn’t actually using the matching MTP/LC duplex breakout format—wrong connectors/lanes will waste more time than it saves money. Also worth sanity-checking compatibility with your existing 40G polarity/mapping—short fibre won’t fix a mismatch, it just makes it fast to realise you bought the wrong breakout.

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StarTech.com 5m Fiber Optic Cable - 10 Gb Aqua - Multimode Duplex 50/125 - LSZH - LC/LC - OM3 - LC to LC Fiber Patch Cable - Patch cable - LC multi-mode (M) to LC multi-mode (M) - 5 m - 5 m - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - aqua - for P/N: MASFP10GBSR, SFP10GBLRMST, SFP10GBSRST, SFP10GSRSST, SFP10GSRXST, SV565FXHD4KU

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StarTech.com 15m (50ft) 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) - 15 m - 15 m - 2.9 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 50 / 125 micron - OM5 - halogen-free, up to 100 Gbps data transfer rate - green

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StarTech.com 1m (3.3ft) SC to SC (UPC) OS2 Single Mode Duplex Fiber Optic Cable, 9/125�m, Laser Optimized, 40G/100G Zipcord, Bend Insensitive, Low Insertion Loss - LSZH Fiber Patch Cord (SMDOS2SCSC1M) - Patch cable - SC/UPC single-mode (M) to SC/UPC single-mode (M) - 1 m - 1 m - 2 mm - fibre optic - duplex - 9 / 125 micron - OS1/OS2 - halogen-free - yellow

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StarTech.com MTP Fiber Optic Cable - 3 ft / 1m - OM3 - 40Gb - Push / Pull Tab - Plenum - MPO / MTP Connector - Fiber Patch Cable (MPO12PL1M) - Network cable - MTP/MPO multi-mode (F) push/pull to MTP/MPO multi-mode (F) push/pull - 1 m - fibre optic - 50 / 125 micron - OM3 - plenum - aqua
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