Volume 11, Issue 12

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Volume 11, Issue 12

Security market update: Installations in need of wisdom

Dec. 1, 2003

In the more than two years following the September 11 attacks, changes in the security market have been astounding.

Connectivity

CommScope hopes purchase of Avaya's Connectivity Solutions will open up global markets

Dec. 1, 2003

CommScope Inc. (www.commscope.com) says its pending purchase of Avaya Inc.'s (www.avaya.com) Connectivty Solutions business will help it expand its reach beyond North America,...

Connectivity

Cleaning practices needed for testing optical-fiber LANs

Dec. 1, 2003

With the use of Gigabit and 10-Gigabit optical-fiber links becoming more common in new optical-fiber LANs, installers have taken interest in new technology and techniques. They...

Cabling Installation

All tied up in network efficiency

Dec. 1, 2003

Maximizing network efficiency is the primary goal of a telecommunications system, and good installation practices are essential to assure high performance of the cable run. Yet...

Cabling Installation

Cabling for cable: A communications provider's system

Dec. 1, 2003

Cox Communications (www.cox.com), a Fortune 500 company and the nation's fourth-largest cable television provider, serves approximately 6.5 million customers in 23 states across...

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Connectivity

New Products

Dec. 1, 2003

Automatic grounding for racks; Rooftop support system; Added safety when climbing; MORE...

Home

Year-end cleanup

Dec. 1, 2003

Here I go, doing an end-of-year emptying of the desk drawer—figuratively speaking, of course. Anybody who has been unfortunate enough to see my desk knows that there is not a ...

Cabling Installation

Seaport project pushes air-blown fiber installation methods to new level

Dec. 1, 2003

Installers working in a Spanish port have completed the first phase of a cabling project that covered one of the largest distances yet for an air-blown fiber system.

Cabling Installation

TIA puts broadband policy issue at top of telecom recovery list

Dec. 1, 2003

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA; www.tiaonline.org) says the Bush Administration needs to recognize the need for a national broadband policy in the United States...

Wireless/5G

What to know when branching out

Dec. 1, 2003

I recently received a list of questions regarding T-1, channel banks and CSU/DSUs (channel service unit/data service unit) from the CEO of a credit union in New York State.

Cabling Installation

Estimating software for streamlined job bidding

Dec. 1, 2003

Contractors who are working in the structured cabling realm say estimating software solutions are helping them streamline a process that has until now been very difficult. Many...