{"id":1564,"date":"2026-05-29T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/distri-x.nl\/blogs-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T11:51:10","slug":"blogpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/distri-x.nl\/en\/blogpage\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1564\" class=\"elementor elementor-1564 elementor-96\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d44c70 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29d44c70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2551d035 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2551d035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we<br \/>think.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a26eb0c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a26eb0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practical expertise. 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data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce7df55 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5ce7df55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57480ed9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"57480ed9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbba8bf distrix-highlight-label elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7fbba8bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">HIGHLIGHTED BLOG POST<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4133c309 distrix-highlight-title elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4133c309\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monitoring dark fiber before problems arise: active monitoring with the Adtran ALM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be755c1 distrix-highlight-meta elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"5be755c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-85fdf8d elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>18 June 2026<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-1d3d20b elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/distri-x.nl\/en\/author\/timgruijters\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Gruijters\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e241a5f distrix-highlight-excerpt elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-excerpt\" data-id=\"3e241a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-excerpt.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\tBy definition, dark fiber is dark. No signal travels through it, there is no traffic to measure, and a traditional monitoring system detects nothing. Yet fiber-optic cables do degrade: connectors wear out, cables become damaged, and connections weaken due to temperature fluctuations or mechanical stress. If you don\u2019t monitor this, you won\u2019t notice it until the service goes down.   \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee6892 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ee6892\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71613fec elementor-align-right elementor-tablet-align-left distrix-highlight-btn elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"71613fec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/distri-x.nl\/en\/optic-transport\/monitoring-dark-fiber-before-problems-arise-active-monitoring-with-the-adtran-alm\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Lees 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data-id=\"2cbc4699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monitoring dark fiber before problems arise: active monitoring with the Adtran ALM<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fda67b distrix-card-meta elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"19fda67b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-4965d34 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTim 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No signal travels through it, there is no traffic to measure, and a traditional monitoring system detects nothing. Yet fiber-optic cables do degrade: connectors wear out, cables become damaged, and connections weaken due to temperature fluctuations or mechanical stress. If you don\u2019t monitor this, you won\u2019t notice it until the service goes down.   \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4488a31f elementor-align-left distrix-read-link elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4488a31f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/distri-x.nl\/en\/optic-transport\/monitoring-dark-fiber-before-problems-arise-active-monitoring-with-the-adtran-alm\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-angle-double-right\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M224.3 273l-136 136c-9.4 9.4-24.6 9.4-33.9 0l-22.6-22.6c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9l96.4-96.4-96.4-96.4c-9.4-9.4-9.4-24.6 0-33.9L54.3 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