Volume 9, Issue 8

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Protection and support of expansion loops

July 1, 2001
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...
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Raised floor design isssues involving CMP

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...
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Reading between the lines...

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
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New Products

July 1, 2001
Wiremold's Walker RC9FF furniture-feed poke-thru system with a hexagonal head provides up to six power and communication connections in one unit
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New TIA standard means contract-wording changes

July 1, 2001
When developing 568B, the TR-42 Committee relegated the specifications for Category 5 cabling to Annex D.

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We'll still be around

July 1, 2001
I read your article, "Cabling contracting-an emerging giant?" (See "Crosstalk," May 2001, page 148).
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Why the copper-vs.-fiber war is over

July 1, 2001
Where are all those copper-cabling devotees who have been kicked around by the fiber advocates for years?
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TIA approves fiber-networking standard

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...
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Research finds Cat 5 still rules horizontal

July 1, 2001
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...
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Shielded cable: a practical signal protection solution

July 1, 2001
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...
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Network links U.S. and Puerto Rico

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...