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Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
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CWA likes what it hears from President Obama during State of the Union

On Tuesday, January 24, as President Barack Obama wrapped up his State of the Union address, the Communications Workers of America issued a statement praising the president "for his focus on creating an America that is built to last with an economy that...

FOA says, 'We have your standard right here ... on one page'

In its January 2012 online newsletter, The Fiber Optic Association stated that it is starting a program "to make standards more accessible to the world of users, contractors, designers and installers." Specifically, the association is creating one-page...

Video demonstrates how to test patch cords for standard compliance

In a five-minute video posted to YouTube, Adrian Young, senior technical support engineer with Fluke Networks, demonstrates the procedures for using the company's Category 5e, 6 and 6A patch-cord adapters with the DTX-1800 CableAnalyzer.In the video Young...

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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Data center drives full recovery - Cabling Installation & ...
... provided comprehensive 25-year warranties for their copper and fiber cabling systems—NetClear SM for the outside-plant singlemode fiber, NetClear MM10 for ...

IEC honors Hess, Kolesar for standards work - Cabling Installation ...
... of functionality: a simple clean-and-inspect kit; a clean/inspect/test kit for multimode fiber; a clean/inspect/test kit for multimode and singlemode fiber. ...

Campus brings fiber and Cat 6A to the desk for advanced learning ...
... We decided that a Category 6A solution and singlemode fiber best prepared the building’s infrastructure for future bandwidth capacity.”. ...

Fundamental fiber choices for enterprise networks - Cabling ...
... Singlemode fiber, or multimode? ... Singlemode fiber has advantages in terms of bandwidth and reach for longer distances (>1 kilometer at 1 Gbit/sec). ...

Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... Superior Essex announced the availability of four new singlemode fiber (SMF) cables designed for central offices and data centers. ...




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