Volume 6, Issue 7

Oliver warns of cablings impending "dark age"

July 1, 1998

We may be in the midst of unprecedented growth in the megabillion-dollar telecommunications industry, but Russell B. ("just call me Russ") Oliver, long-time field technician and...

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Home is where Category 5 cable is

July 1, 1998

"Residential cabling will experience tremendous growth," says Masood A. Shariff, distinguished member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ). "The digital...

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Handheld testers outstanding in their field

July 1, 1998

"One major milestone for the cabling industry was to create field-test specifications for utp and fiber," says Masood Shariff, distinguished member of technical staff at Lucent...

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Gigabit Ethernet to get some backbone

July 1, 1998

Gigabit Ethernet will come on strong and find an increasing number of applications in high-speed fiber and copper-cabling backbones as well as in specialized premises networks...

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Small-footprint connectors step out

July 1, 1998

Strong ripples are still spreading throughout the cabling industry while component manufacturers position themselves for the future in the wake of the recent attempt by the Telecommunic...

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The invisible Category 4

July 1, 1998

What can you say about the Edsel of the cabling industry? In retrospect, Category 4 cabling systems appear to be short-sighted and unnecessary. Billed as an improvement--however...

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Ideas can be born in an instant

July 1, 1998

Mike Tobias began his career in the cabling industry 20 years ago when he was looking for a new job. "I was desperate to find a job, and I noticed that when I drove by a local...

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Minichiello--an industry father figure

July 1, 1998

Anthony T. Minichiello, known to many of us as "Tony," is an industry icon. He humbly calls himself a foot soldier who has worked his way up through the ranks of the telecommunications...

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Five years of surprises

July 1, 1998

What`s a year without a few surprises along the way? How about five years` worth of surprises? And by surprises, we don`t mean just the good things that have occurred. There were...

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FEP shortage, then...and again?

July 1, 1998

It may be "deja vu all over again" with this year`s shortage of fluorinated ethylene propylene (fep), a compound used to insulate Category 5 utp plenum cable. But neither the ...

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Kishs trialblazing tia trek

July 1, 1998

When Paul Kish talks about the cabling industry and the accomplishments of the Telecommunications Industry Association (tia--Arlington, VA), he likes to drop names--not to impress...