One of the hottest trends in the telecommunications cabling industry is the introduction of extended warranties by manufacturers. For 15 years or more, these warranties typically...
A draft proposal on specialized horizontal cabling practices for open-office work groups is working its way through the Telecommunications Industry Association`s TR-41.8 standards...
Q: I am a college student finishing my last semester of a communications program. While I am looking for employment, I would like to get some kind of certification for cable installatio...
The Building Industry Consulting Service International Inc. (Tampa, FL) recently announced its plan to establish a registration program for telecommunications cable installers...
In today`s telecommunications installations, high-count twisted-pair cable is becoming more common in main crossconnect and intermediate crossconnect designs. As a result, 100...
For the cable installer, crimping modular plugs is an important task. If this technique is done improperly, it can lead to hours of frustration trying to locate open and intermittent...
When you plan and carry out the installation of a low-voltage cable plant, you must know more than where the cables run and how to pull and terminate them. Equally important may...
It is a surprisingly common practice among cabling installers to pull all the horizontal cables into the telecommunications closet and then sort them by patch panel. Sorting 300...
At times you may need to identify optical fibers that have been installed but not properly labeled. You could use an optical-loss test set or optical time-domain reflectometer...
Suppose you pull an optical-fiber or copper cable run, terminate it and test it. Finding the run faulty, you determine the problem is not with the terminations but with the cable...
Selecting fiber-optic products can be confusing. However, the following guidelines may help you avoid problems when you are choosing fiber-optic cables and connectors.
When Cablesys looked at technical training in Connecticut, it found that the only way to ensure properly trained technicians was to develop its own program.
An optical fiber cable run has been installed between two buildings, with a splice point in the middle linking a third building. It is now time to certify the link with a light...
