well the benefit of FX (Fiber) is that the distance constraints normally in place in normal copper-based scenarios are elimited. I'm not sure of the exact distance but it is vastly improved over the 100 meters of Catagory 5.
As for speed, you should be able to get standard rates up to ~99Mbps assuming the link is clean.
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