Telecommunications

Copper Cable for Telecommunications

• HDBaseT and the Race for Faster, Better Video
• Press Release: Non-compliant Category Cable Made with Copper Clad Aluminum Conductors
• Category 5e, Category 6, Category 6A? Which Category Cable Should I Choose? [PDF - 224 Kb]
• Copper Cat 6A Wiring Meets Need for Speed
• Why Telephones Use Negative Forty-Eight Volts DC

For Consumers

• The Role of Wireline in the Complex Web of Information and Control
• Is Your Home Wired for the 21st Century?
• Communications Wiring Report Card Gives Homebuyers Clout
  • Blank Report Card [PDF]
• The Interconnected Home - Part 1
• The Interconnected Home - Part 2
• A Guide for Communications Wiring for Today's Homes
• Wired Ethernet for Your Home vs. Wireless
• The Evolution of Telephone Cable

Videos & CD-ROMs

• Infrastructure Wiring for Existing and New Homes (2001)
• Structured Wiring for Today's Homes
  A new series of interactive CD-ROMs on Structured Wiring, tailored for the homebuilder, installer and remodeler. Find out how you can get them FREE!

Related Sites

• Wiring Americas' Homes
• Continental Automated Buildings Assn. (CABA)
• Consumer-Oriented Information on DSL, including access to The DSL Forum

CDA Telecommunications Task Group

• General Cable
• Nexans
• Superior Essex

Telecommunications Case Studies

• An Old Timer Gets a Nervous System Transplant [PDF - 1Mb]
  The Philadelphia Art Museum, an 86-year-old institution, comes into the 21^st century with Category 5 and 6 copper telecommunicataions wiring. The cables feature fast data speeds plus Power over Ethernet in some cases.