Been out of the "on prem" networking scene for a while and just had some questions on what the industry is doing for new network installations for new facilities. In particular single mode fiber vs. multi mode fiber to the end user device (desktop/VDI/printer etc..). So some of my co-workers think multi-mode is the way to go to the desktop and single mode only for WAN/Data Center connections. They state cheaper optics as one of the main reasons and that the industry runs multimode to the end device and not single mode...
So, what I'm trying to gather is what is the current take on running SMF vs MMF to end devices and using it outside of the data center/WAN realms? I've read some stuff online about "future proofing" with SMF by running it all the way to the end user device but wasn't sure if the optics cost is still too much to make this a valid reason.
I need some input so feel free to jump in and lets start this debate!
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