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Modular Patch Cord Guidelines: How to Ensure Optimum Network Performance
Overview In the competitive world of cabling system design, the price of an installation can be a significant factor when securing new cabling business. When submitting bids for category 5, 5e and 6 jobs, it is often tempting to substitute less expensive components to reduce costs. There are significant risks associated with using lower quality patch cords that are tested only for electrical continuity and not transmission performance. Modular patch cords with poor transmission performance can bring a single user or an entire network down, resulting in significant losses in productivity. Unfortunately, many cabling system designs today still overlook the importance of specifying modular patch cords with factory controlled and tested performance. Considering the wide performance variances due to the combined electrical interactions of two plugs and a short length of cable, the modular patch cord assembly can easily be considered the most significant hurdle to achieving consistent overall transmission performance.
| Publisher | Siemon | File Format | HTML |
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| Date Published | December 2000 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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