Cabling Design

Residents of Williamsburg Landing in Williamsburg, VA each have a private router, and enjoy triple-play voice, video, and data service for a cost of $60 per month.
Qypsys provided a passive optical LAN to Williamsburg Landing in 2011. The capex and opex benefits have paid off for years.
May 6, 2019
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April 24, 2019
The Association for Passive Optical LAN says 5 trends are driving the adoption of POL in smart buildings: 1) the cloud, 2) data growth, 3) IoT on the rise, 4) the density demand, 5) investment protection.
April 12, 2019
R&M's Professional Interconnection Management Equipment - PRIME - optical distribution frame provides fiber-optic network operators, including fiber-to-the-home networks, with planning freedom, the company says.
April 2, 2019
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Feb. 14, 2019
Pictured here is a portion of Wave2Wave's ROME MAX-T. In early February Wave2Wave introduced the ROME MAX and ROME MAX-T, which are automated, robotic fiber-optic crossconnects that can switch up to 2000 optical fibers in a 19-inch footprint. ROME MAX is in a 7-foot-tall rack, and ROME MAX-T is in an 8-foot-tall rack.
Feb. 14, 2019
Installers place MaxCell fabric innerduct into an underground conduit. Successfully navigating congested conduit space will be a key element of preparing for 5G.
Feb. 7, 2019
The DZS 2804P optical network terminal (ONT), shown here on the right, is in each open-office space of T. Marzetti executives. The ONT houses four Gigabit Ethernet ports to connect to printers and deliver voice and data services to each desk.
Feb. 4, 2019
Metallica Scholars, an initiative of the All Within My Hands foundation, recently provided $1 million in grants to 10 community colleges. Among those recipients was Gateway Technical College in Racine, WI, which will use the grant to revamp its telecom cabling certification program and to fund 90 percent of tuition for the program's students.
Dec. 26, 2018
Kraus-Anderson's VP of information technology, Mike Benz, pointed out that the headquarters' open ceiling architecture makes the discreet nature of a passive optical LAN attractive.
Nov. 27, 2018
AFL's Mini DIN Rail Mounted Enclosure houses and protects up to 24 fibers that can be connectorized or fusion-spliced. The enclosure can accommodate cable entry from the bottom (shown) or top.
Nov. 20, 2018

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