Network designers trying to decide which vendor's small-form-factor (SFF) fiber-optic connector is the best solution can now relax. Take your pick-as long as it meets definition...
In the cabling industry, we are accustomed to thinking in terms of four cabling media: coaxial cable, unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable, shielded or screened twisted-pair (STP...
I wanted to comment on your article on optical-loss testing in the November 1999 issue (see "Optical-loss test sets: the baseline fiber-optic tester," page 84). As was mentioned...
In anticipation of approval by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T1E1.4 committee, six HDSL2 (high-bit-rate digital-subscriber-line) telecommunications vendors
FiberSafe 100 advanced security system monitors fiber-optic cables in communications links. The unit works by transmitting a laser beam with collimated light though a multimode...
A fiber loop is your communications backbone for multiple remote terminal equipment (RTE) through a building, and the equipment furthest out on the loop is sending improper or...
As a professional structured cabling installer and a business owner, I have to admit that going from booth to booth at a BICSI (Tampa, FL) trade show can be a real educational...
Your column of November '99 (see "Ask Donna," page 12) referred to the New Jersey requirement that only a PE can design telecommunications infrastructure.
You are trying to find the wall crown in an insulated attic area over an office with a solid ceiling so you can drop down cable behind a jack cutout. One wrong guess and you're...
With ratification last June of the IEEE 802.3ab standard for gigabit-per-second transmission over copper cabling, network designers, cabling contractors, and end users face more...
