Volume 12, Issue 3

IP Security & AV

California district chooses Texas service provider for major fiber-to-the-home cabling project

March 1, 2004
The Truckee Donner Public Utility District in California has selected Texas-based Eagle Broadband (League City, TX; www.eaglebroadband.com) to provide digital voice, video, data...
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Copper

Optical fiber growth expected as datacomm building market revives

March 1, 2004
The datacomm building cabling market is expected to revive during the next five years, and the market renewal will open up new doors for optical-fiber cabling.
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Connectivity

Simpler demarcs mean efficient DS-3 hand-offs

March 1, 2004
New equipment used by service providers can mean simpler transitions for the network owner.
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Cabling Installation

Questions abound for Fiber-to-the-X installations

March 1, 2004
Installers, end users consider the workload and need for high bandwidth.
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Cabling Installation

Paging-system design a step-by-step process

March 1, 2004
Adding this expertise to your repertoire can pay benefits.

More content from Volume 12, Issue 3

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Cabling Installation

Now more than ever, surge protection a must

March 1, 2004
While lightning continues to lurk as a network's worst nightmare, now along comes power grid uncertainties, too.
Connectivity

Acquisitions and accolades

March 1, 2004
On Thursday, February 5, as the editorial staff here was putting together the contents of our biweekly e-mail newsletter called "Cabling News," scheduled for delivery the next...
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Connectivity

New Products

March 1, 2004
Walk around the rack; Category 6 jack termination tool; Long-distance multimode fiber; MORE...
Connectivity

Company mergers raise questions about product line changes

March 1, 2004
For years, contractors have been purchasing product lines from Belden Inc., Cable Design Technologies (CDT), CommScope Inc. and Avaya Inc. Now, the future of some of these product...
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Connectivity

'Augie' Cat 6 and other, fatter cats

March 1, 2004
When sizing a pathway, you must consider the number of cables being placed and the cross-sectional area of the cables being placed in the pathway.