Volume 9, Issue 10

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Defining BICSI

Sept. 1, 2001
For almost a decade now, I have been watching the BICSI not-for-profit organization grow and prosper. My personal interest has come, not just from my involvement in the cabling...
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In times like these, people count most

Sept. 1, 2001
When business is slow, there's no need to re-invent the wheel
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Give fiber redundancy with copper

Sept. 1, 2001
Most optical-fiber cables have no redundancy contained within. If the cable is accidentally cut or crushed, several, if not all strands may be lost. The client's network could...
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Twists and turns of twisted pairs

Sept. 1, 2001
Q: I just received a shipment of Berk-Tek Category 5e plenum cable. I cut off a piece about 18 inches long and removed the conductors from the outer jacket. I noticed that the...
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NEXT question

Sept. 1, 2001
In the Category 6 Product Update on page 64 of your June issue, a chart appeared indicating the performance of all Category 6 connectors

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CommScope and Furukawa Electric enter into joint ventures

Sept. 1, 2001
CommScope Inc. (www.commscope.com) will partner with Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan to acquire the fiber-optic cable business of Lucent Technologies
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NECA proposes integrated building systems division to CSI

Sept. 1, 2001
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA-www.necanet.org) is proposing that the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) incorporate an "Integrated Building Systems...
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Did you say contracting, or contracting?

Sept. 1, 2001
It's fair to say that not 100% of my mental energy has been given to the cabling industry in the past couple weeks.
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Forum provides venture capital opportunities

Sept. 1, 2001
The TIA (www.tiaonline.org) hosted a number of venture capital (VC) firms at "Ventures 2001" on July 19 at the McLean Hilton in Tysons Corner, VA. A venture capital firm is one...
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New Products

Sept. 1, 2001
Wiremold's nonmetallic Eclipse raceway comes in standard 8-foot sections and may be installed by one person
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Technologies exposed: fusion splicers for OSP applications

Sept. 1, 2001
As the name implies, fusion splicers (see table, page 66) are instruments that make a fusion splice; that is, at the junction where two or more optical fibers are brought together...