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    Unwritten rules for outdoor cable placement can vary significantly from those for indoor placement
    July 1, 2001
    Two organizations that are familiar to many in the premises-cabling industry recently announced new names for themselves
    July 1, 2001
    A fiber-optic link between the United States and Puerto Rico was scheduled to be working by June, as the first part of the larger Americas Region Caribbean Optical-Ring System...
    July 1, 2001
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    When constructing a cabling system, few qualities are as important as protecting the signal. As the signal travels through the cable, it is subjected to various forms of degradation...
    July 1, 2001
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    Despite its banishment into Annex D of the TIA/EIA-568B cabling standard, Category 5 cabling still rules horizontal spaces, according to a study that Sage Research Inc. (www.sageresearc...
    July 1, 2001
    In a departure from what many have come to expect from the group, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA-www.tiaonline.org) has published a networking standard specifying...
    July 1, 2001
    Where are all those copper-cabling devotees who have been kicked around by the fiber advocates for years?
    July 1, 2001
    I read your article, "Cabling contracting-an emerging giant?" (See "Crosstalk," May 2001, page 148).
    July 1, 2001
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    When developing 568B, the TR-42 Committee relegated the specifications for Category 5 cabling to Annex D.
    July 1, 2001
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    Wiremold's Walker RC9FF furniture-feed poke-thru system with a hexagonal head provides up to six power and communication connections in one unit
    July 1, 2001
    Fluke is careful in its announcement of the acquisition to call the two companies' product lines "complementary," but I don't really see it
    July 1, 2001
    Q: I have a question about your response in the May 2001 column concerning running a 600-pair PE-rated outside-plant cable exposed through a "plenum air return" rated space under...
    July 1, 2001
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    In most applications, expansion loops are attached to the J-hook or ring, and dangle down onto the ceiling tiles. Cable in the expansion loops may be damaged if not properly protected...
    July 1, 2001