Volume 11, Issue 7

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Connectivity

Why 6-position plugs in 8-pin jacks cause 4-aspirin headaches

July 1, 2003
Are you seeing damage to 8-pin modular jacks caused by the insertion of 6-position plugs? Universities see this problem every semester.
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Home

Maturing OTDRs have much to offer optical-fiber installers

July 1, 2003
Years ago, Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs) were big, expensive pieces of test equipment.
Cabling Installation

Conference targets information needs of contractors, system users

July 1, 2003
Warning: Several doses of unabashed self-promotion follow for the remainder of this page.
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Connectivity

New Products

July 1, 2003
Solvent, cleaning tips go after connector impurities; Body-building boosts singlemode connector; More fiber connections in less space; MORE...
Cabling Installation

Motorola, PowerDsine team up to make Power over Ethernet installations easier

July 1, 2003
"This is so easy to implement. It will reduce the installation hassle, and you don't need to make a proprietary solution. You just plug in a Cat 5 cable and that is it."

More content from Volume 11, Issue 7

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IP Security & AV

Keeping campus networks safe and secure

July 1, 2003
High-profile network security incidents on college campuses have been a major source of interruption of service. Here's how one university's IT team is fighting back.
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Cabling Installation

Carlon Lamson goes residential with new structured cabling line

July 1, 2003
"Contractors [said they] were taking our electrical products, like our blue electrical zip boxes, and they would cut off the back of the zip box so it was just a bracket—and then...
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Cabling Installation

Contractors, distributors seeking common ground

July 1, 2003
Distributors urged to provide more training when it comes to Category 6 cabling products.
Cabling Installation

Great specifications set clear expectations

July 1, 2003
Carefully crafting your specification provides the baseline—design as well as logistical and administrative issues—from which both you and the building owner will benefit.
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Connectivity

Piecing together optical-splicing products

July 1, 2003
Fusion splicers and mechanical splices meet different data-communications needs.
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Wireless/5G

Project Control System smooths rugged terrain installations

July 1, 2003
Oregon contractor's proprietary job planning system aids in building telecom facilities where few dare to tread.