Volume 8, Issue 2

Gigabit Ethernet-Round II

Feb. 1, 2000

With ratification last June of the IEEE 802.3ab standard for gigabit-per-second transmission over copper cabling, network designers, cabling contractors, and end users face more...

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Designing telecom infrastructure

Feb. 1, 2000

Your column of November '99 (see "Ask Donna," page 12) referred to the New Jersey requirement that only a PE can design telecommunications infrastructure.

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INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Final tests anticipate HDSL2 standard ratification

Feb. 1, 2000

In anticipation of approval by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T1E1.4 committee, six HDSL2 (high-bit-rate digital-subscriber-line) telecommunications vendors

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TECHNOLOGY: Packaging of termination and testing equipment

Feb. 1, 2000

Manufacturers are grouping products together to offer installers a comprehensive toolkit.

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STANDARDS: Burden on cable industry to promote Division 17

Feb. 1, 2000

Cabling contractors urged to educate, cooperate with building architects, engineers.

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DESIGN: Gateways and TCs in the age of multiple service providers

Feb. 1, 2000

A good gateway and collocate room help control how telecom services enter your property.

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Small-form-factor connectors: Just about anything goes

Feb. 1, 2000

Network designers trying to decide which vendor's small-form-factor (SFF) fiber-optic connector is the best solution can now relax. Take your pick-as long as it meets definition...

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PRODUCT UPDATE: Extending the wired LAN-scape, wirelessly

Feb. 1, 2000

From warehouses to the intelligent business office to the healthcare industry, wireless local area networks (WLANs) are boosting efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

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INSTALLATION: Voice and data network transform tropical getaway

Feb. 1, 2000

Renovation of island resort presented cabling contractors with unusual challenges.

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EDITORIAL: Wireless: the fifth medium

Feb. 1, 2000

In the cabling industry, we are accustomed to thinking in terms of four cabling media: coaxial cable, unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable, shielded or screened twisted-pair (STP...

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Optical-fiber cable-tray fitting

Feb. 1, 2000

The Wiremold Co.'s FiberReady fittings, designed for its SpecMate Center Spine Cable Tray system, are targeted for optical-fiber and Category 5 cable installations.