Today,
your network cabling system carries the lifeblood of your
organization - information. The installation, material, quality
of cable and testing procedures are all much more critical in
data wiring than in voice. The main reason for this is that
networks today are designed to carry large amounts of
information at incredible speeds. To accomplish this over
unshielded twisted pair cable (UTP), many different criteria
must be met.
Who
sets the criteria and standards for network cabling? Well, the
three major players are The Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE - commonly called I-triple-E ) who
work on developing new protocols, the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI), and the Telecommunications Industry
Association / Electronic Industry Alliance (TIA/EIA) who issue
the standards and testing procedures.
Suffice it to say that these people have been busy over the past
12 years - as we've seen network speeds increase from 10 million
bits of information per second, over Category 3 wire, back in
1991 to 1 billion bits (called Gigabit Ethernet) today. With
bandwidth increasing and reliance on the network at an all time
high, getting information to where it needs to be is becoming
more challenging than ever. Ask any IT Manager what their most
common network problem is and you will most likely hear them
rant about cabling issues. In fact, cabling problems, which
account for over 50% of network problems, cost companies
millions annually.
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