Volume 9, Issue 1

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Answering the wireless emergency call

Jan. 1, 2001
In the January 2000 issue, I described all the wonderful innovations I foresaw in our future. This January, I describe a problem that some of this innovation is causing
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Why install Category 6 instead of Category 5E?

Jan. 1, 2001
Let's begin with this: "Why is there a Category 5E standard in the first place?"
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Caught in the World Wide Web

Jan. 1, 2001
We recently conducted a brief and informal telephone survey of readers of Cabling Installation & Maintenance, and one of its results struck me as pretty amazing
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Suspending cables away from dangerous services

Jan. 1, 2001
The common way to suspend cables permanently away from dangerous services and keep them off ceilings is to use cable ties
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Running a cable down an insulated cavity wall

Jan. 1, 2001
Cabling can be difficult to run at the best of times-but what happens when you drill a hole in a plaster wall with the intention of running a cable from the roof cavity down to...

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A standard labeled with logical solutions

Jan. 1, 2001
Updated TIA labeling guidelines focus on uniformity amidst growth.
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A case for channel testing on Category 6 systems

Jan. 1, 2001
Method avoids link model problems and increases likelihood of passes.
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Picking the ick out of outside plant cable

Jan. 1, 2001
Scrunched up faces. Icky-pick. That is the general reaction when outside plant fiber optic cables are the topic of discussion. Thanks to recent technology, however, a new generation...
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Cabling system offers long-term investment

Jan. 1, 2001
Tightly-paced project solves three problems for credit union
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AMP's parent company buys large installation firm

Jan. 1, 2001
Tyco Electronics Corp. (Harrisburg, PA), the parent of AMP, recently announced it acquired Fisk Corp., an electrical and technology-infrastructure installation company
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How not to get burned when firestopping

Jan. 1, 2001
Avoiding trouble later means asking the right questions up front.