Patent ID: 8682172

Claim:
A communications media comprising: a first fiber optic connector that physically conforms with a fiber optic connector standard, wherein the first fiber optic connector is disposed at a first end of the communications media and includes a first electrical contact exposed on a side thereof; an electrical conductor electrically coupled to the first electrical contact and extending therefrom to a second end of the communications media opposite the first end; a fiber optic attached to the first fiber optic connector and extending therefrom to the second end of the communications media; and a second fiber optic connector that physically conforms with the fiber optic connector standard, the second fiber optic connector being attached to the fiber optic at the second end of the communications media, the second fiber optic connector including a second electrical contact exposed on a side thereof, wherein the electrical conductor electrically couples the second electrical contact at the second end of the communications media to the first electrical contact at the first end of the communications media.