A pigtail is a 2m section of fiber optic cable with an SC APC connector end on one end and a non-polished fiber end face on the other end. The cable uses G.652 D fiber. The pigtail has a core diameter of 9 microns and a coating diameter of 125 microns of the fiber optic cable. The cable connector is single-mode. The cable is a 12-color Telcordia compliant with the requirements of the standard.