Monthly Maintenance: Randomly inspect fiber optic cable connections, test backbone fiber optic link attenuation, and clean connector end faces. Quarterly/Semi-annual Maintenance: Perform OTDR testing on fiber optic lines, verify system alarm records, and update. Some people have suggested that fiber optic networks need periodic maintenance, including microscopic inspection of connectors and mating adapters and even insertion loss testing or taking OTDR traces. It could hurt an installer or get them sued by an irate network owner. Fiber optic network optimization has become a key task to ensure efficient operations with the ever-growing demand for data transmission and the increasing need for high-speed, low-latency connectivity. 25 deals with general features in relation to the maintenance and operation of optical fibre cable networks. It is important that every fiber connector be inspected and cleaned prior to mating. The procedures in this document describe basic inspection techniques and processes of cleaning for fiber optic cables. Small oil micro-deposits and dust particles on fiber optic cable optical surfaces may cause a loss of light or degraded signal power which may ultimately cause intermittent problems in the optical connection.