Volume 8, Issue 6

Category 3 minimum FCC-approved for all new copper-cabling installations

May 1, 2000

Effective July 8, strict telephone/telecommunications wiring requirements for new copper installations, recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission, will mean that...

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New Products

May 1, 2000

The code-division multiple access (CDMA) 50-ohm matched 6-mm- square power amplifier is suitable for personal communication services, wireless local loop, and other high-bandwidth...

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Information fuels the industry and the economy

May 1, 2000

In the last few years, information has become an integral part of the production process. Information affects decision-making in companies throughout the country, and that is ...

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Ask Donna

May 1, 2000

Do you know of any codes, regulations, or industry standards that state which type of coaxial cable should support analog and digital cable TV as well as digital satellite systems...

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Good causes-and a good man

May 1, 2000

Appeals have come across my desk recently from two worthy causes. I want to pass them along to you this month, along with an announcement that rewards another kind of worthiness...

More content from Volume 8, Issue 6

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Wireless data speeds up to 11 Mbits/sec

May 1, 2000

The buzz around this winter's ComNet show, at least concerning enterprise wireless data, was a number-not words-and that number was 11

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Technology: UTP system performance hinges on connectivity issues

May 1, 2000

In March 1999, the Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA-Arlington, VA) TR-42 Engineering Committee issued a statement vowing to establish a Category 6 standard that ...

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Product Update: LAN 'analyzers' going beyond troubleshooting

May 1, 2000

It wasn't that long ago when testing local-area-network (LAN) cable for its physical health was deemed sufficient. Less than three years ago, in fact, one industry spokesperson...

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Installation: Residential wiring for the new millennium

May 1, 2000

With the proliferation of new technologies available to homeowners, residential cabling will have to be upgraded to match these advances

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Effects of alien crosstalk on the physical layer

May 1, 2000

Alien crosstalk is the interference caused by a pair of wires in one cable inducing noise into other pairs of wires in adjacent cables

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Design: Law firm replaces UTP with fiber to bring bandwidth to desk

May 1, 2000

Advances in technology lower the premium for fiber-optic structured cabling to just 16%.