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"Cloudy" days ahead!

Posted by Lang, Harley at 2/22/2012 1:13 PM CST

Everybody is talking about the cloud. Most of the chatter is about how it is changing the way we interact with data and our electronic devices. But what those of us in the cabling industry want to know about is how the cloud can represent business opportunity.

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Re-upped!

Posted by Lang, Harley at 1/25/2012 8:00 PM CST

I received my new RCDD certificate, good through the end of 2014, in the mail last week. My reaction was more pensive than the elation I experienced after first passing the exam in 2003.
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Why a Cat 6A Patch Cord Adapter has that funny little “A” next to the 6

Posted by Lang, Harley at 1/6/2012 6:48 PM CST

If you’ve seen a set of Category 6_A Patch Cord Test Adapters, you may have wondered why the “A” is subscripted. It has to do with the standards that the adapters support. The little “A” denotes that the adapter meets the ... Read More »

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The worlds most trusted cable tester reaches an imporant milestone

Posted by Lang, Harley at 11/30/2011 1:14 PM CST

When I was a technician we worried about, bad cable, poorly performing jacks, and doubted our testers. The threat of ongoing callbacks and the risk of large installation re-dos keep contractors up at night. Those that have passed the ... Read More »

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VoIP for the masses…the end of “voice grade cabling”

Posted by Lang, Harley at 11/23/2011 3:55 PM CST

When I was a cable installer, we often built redundant networks for voice and data communications. The data cabling was terminated on patch panels, and the voice grade cabling was terminated on wiring blocks. There are thousands of installations done this way. And there ... Read More »

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