The hidden costs of buying data cabling

Hidden factors can add costs to data cabling purchases.

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In a short video produced by Data Cabling Expert TV, Danny Kindell of UK-based cabling infrastructure supplier NBM Distribution discusses what key issues buyers and purchasing managers must consider as "factors that can bite back and add costs to data cabling purchases."

Watch the video here.

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