by Alan Bullen | Sep 23, 2019 | Article
In this buyer’s guide to office data cabling we will outline the considerations you need to take when planning a structured cabling system for your office environment. What cable type should you use for your office data cabling? Copper data cables are classified into...
by Alan Bullen | Sep 18, 2019 | Article, Cabling
This article sets out to give you some advice on deciding between Cat5e, Cat6, Cat6a or Fibre Optic cabling for your structured cabling network. Our data cable selector tool will ask the right questions and advise you on what data cabling system to choose and why....
by Ed Bullen | Jul 31, 2018 | Article
For over 20 years, Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) data cables have been the popular choice, but this is changing. Data cables are now to be labelled with a Construction Product Regulation (CPR) EuroClass rating to indicate their fire properties. For example, what was...
by Alan Bullen | Sep 19, 2017 | Article
The following is a concise list of questions that need to be answered before a cabling system installation can be designed and planned. Specification 1. Where are the cables going from and to? 2. Is the cable specification for the present and future purpose known? 3....
by Alan Bullen | Mar 28, 2017 | Article
What are the advantages of Cat6a over Cat6 cabling systems? The role of Cat6a cabling is to support 10Gig Ethernet, whereas Cat6 will currently only support Gigabit Ethernet, except for short links. There are some disadvantages to Cat6a and you need to weigh these up...
by Ed Bullen | Sep 19, 2016 | Article
Here’s a brief guide to the Category 8 (Cat8) data cabling standards that are currently under development by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Several options are being considered. Cat8 will...
