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Dear Reader,
If you are planning to move your offices or even a section you should be concerned about the type of cabling you select. What type is right for you? Read our first article for some insight.
What Type of Cabling Do You Need?
There's plenty of hype in the cable industry about cable standards and Categories. What is the difference between all the Categories of cable, and do you need the higher priced cable?
Category 5 and 6 cable is a multi-pair (typically 4 pair) cable designed for high performance and manufactured to stringent specifications. The individual conductors are twisted to reduce any influence from outside sources including other pairs in the same cable. Category 5 cable was designed for data networks supporting speeds of up to 100 megabits per second (Mbps). That's fast by many standards, yet manufacturers saw a need to allow more flexibility. Consequently Category 5E was introduced. The newer cable is considered acceptable for higher speed networks.
However, bandwidth precedes data requirements. There seems to be some need for this since trends indicate that data rates will double every 18 months. Streaming media, multi-media, voice and native data requirements will continue to increase. Even as 1 gigabit per second (Gbps) networks are currently being implemented, 10 Gbps networks are on the way.
So what type of cable should you install? If you want to future-proof your network, install the best cabling. Considering that a large part of the price of cabling is labor (many cables run through floors, walls and ducts), the additional cable and termination equipment will add a reasonable premium. That expense could easily be amortized over the 10 year life expectancy of the cable system. Conversely, if you have a short-term lease in a building that needs to be re-cabled you may consider Category 5E cabling and termination equipment (modular jacks, patch panels, patch cables, etc.).
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Toshiba Announces New IP Phone
Toshiba is expanding the CIX product family with the addition of the IPT2010-SDC IP telephone. This endpoint adds the functionality of an analog Central Office (CO) line directly to the phone. It's ideal for small remote offices or work-at-home personnel since it allows them to connect a "home" line to the telephone. The remote user has access to all features and functions of the system they currently have, but now they can place and receive calls over a local line also. Even if the IP connection between the endpoint and the CIX is broken a user will have access to the local line.
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Approximately 13% of all US adults currently use or plan to use only a cell phone at home.
Sincerely,
Mike Ray
Third Generation of PA, Inc.
email: mray@3genusa.com
