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Is your network keeping pace with your Global peers?
Posted on Friday, 29th March 2013 by MikeCommScope released the 7th Edition of their Enterprise Survey. Check out the survey results on 40Gb/100Gb Ethernet adoption rates, the mobile work force, cloud computing and network intelligence. Game-Changers The trends and technologies that rewrite the rulebooks. They include the rise of Ethernet, wireless broadband and optical networks. Game-changers not only alter how IT managers [...]
Tags: 10GbE, Capital Electric, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, Cloud computing, CommScope, DAS, Healthcare Cabling, intelligent network, mobile workforce, Network Cable, Systimax
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Service Center Re-Opens!! See What’s new and enjoy lunch on us.
Posted on Friday, 16th March 2012 by MikeWe’ve changed everything to make this center a truly unique facility. This facility is built for hands-on demonstrations of the latest in structured cabling solutions from CommScope – Systimax and Uniprise, Cooper B-Line, Hubbell Premise Wiring, Mohawk Cable, Hellermann/Tyton, Bogen and Caddy. Capital’s Service Center will help designers, consultants and users design and build [...]
Tags: 10GbE, Capital Electric, Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6A, CommScope, Design, Design & Engineering, Network Cable, Service Center, Systimax
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Cost saving ideas that can cost you a fortune…
Posted on Wednesday, 22nd December 2010 by Mike“Test results show an 85% failure rate in patch cords produced offshore by companies who are largely unknown in North America”. They go on to say that it’s not where the cord is made, it’s about whose reputation is on the line that dictates quality.
Tags: Cat5e, Cat6, ccca, dtx1800, Network Cable, patch cords, UL, www.cccassoc.org
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Marketing Spin, I hate It!
Posted on Wednesday, 14th July 2010 by MikeYou know what I mean, it’s that claim in an ad that some product is now the “world’s best” answer to your problems. It all sounds great, except when you begin to read the facts you learn that claim is, well, embellished to be P.C. (I call it B.S.). I suspect every industry has plenty [...]
Tags: 10GbE, Cat6, Cat6A, Network Cable
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Painted Network Cables – don’t do it…
Posted on Friday, 28th May 2010 by MikeSo I’m doing my best to stay fit and limber at the club this morning. And as I lie there on my back stretching (which I hate) I notice they’ve brightened the place up by painting the open ceiling a nice off-white. It looks nice & clean. But as I look closer I see they’ve [...]
Tags: Cat5e, Cat6, Network Cable, Open Ceilings, painted cables, UL
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Cost cutting could cost someone’s life –
Posted on Sunday, 28th March 2010 by Mike8 out of 9 cables tested failed to meet the minimum flame/smoke safety requirements specified by the National Electrical Code…Similar results were found in 2009 with 6 out 8 failing these basic flame/smoke tests.
Tags: Cat5e, Cat6, deals, ETL, Network Cable, UL
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