Cabling Installation & Maintenance Articles, October 2006
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Industry Spotlight

Leviton, Legrand complete data, automation acquisitions

Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. (www.levitonvoicedata.com), a manufacturer of electrical and electronic wiring devices...

UL expands copper verification service

Underwriters Laboratories (www.ul.com) is offering additional performance testing services to the latest draft of TIA/EIA 568-B.2...

Graybar offers data center redesign seminars

Electrical and communications products distributor Graybar (www.graybar.com) has developed a complimentary seminar...

TIA president Matthew Flanigan to retire; Grant Seiffert appointed as successor

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA; www.tiaonline.org) president Matthew Flanigan announced last month...

Departments

Editorial

Conference a whirlwind of technology, transactions

As is often the case, this page of the magazine is the last one filed for this month’s issue.

New Products

New Products

The Fiber Connector Insertion Removal tool is designed to eliminate the possibility of disrupting other pairs in a tight, high-density fiber block repair situation.

Letters

To the EDITOR

Cast portable label makers in the correct light...

Ask Donna

Cables, cable-pulling lubricant and the Wet Link Phenomena

There are municipalities where the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) requires that all low-voltage cabling be installed in conduit.

Features

Product Update

How to save a bundle: Not just any old cable tie

Where you use it, what you’re fastening, and how the environment comes into play are all keys to selecting the right tie.

Design

Nothing old school with this high-performance LAN

Despite numerous project challenges, a new Connecticute high school scores with gigabit-to-the-desktop connectivity

Installation

Cooperation wins praise at house of worship

Multiple vendors team up to meet communication needs of Tampa's Idlewild Baptist Church.

Technology

Overcoming ‘which-fiber-is-which?’maintenance challenges

New fiber-detection technology lets you safely identify a fiber with certainty, with no danger to the integrity of the transmission.

Testing

Another perspective on 10GBase-T, alien interference

As standard specifications develop, users need to be concerned with accuracy levels, alien interference outside of cable bundles, and practical field-test procedures.

Security

Turning the lens on network video technology

Network cameras are here to stay. Here’s what you need to know to capitalize on the trend.

This Issue

Volume 14
Issue 10
October 2006
 

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Network CableConnectivity Technologies
Network ProtocolsIP Convergence
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