Local Area Networks Building Backbone

Building Backbone
Building Backbone
Connecting locations within a building, you’ll be looking for ease and speed of deployment in your cabling infrastructure.
Connecting locations within a building, you’ll be looking for ease and speed of deployment in your cabling infrastructure.
Five Things You Should Know About Fiber Optics in the Local Area Network
Five Things to Know About Fiber Optics in the LAN
- Lifecycle operating and maintenance expenditures for a facility can be up to 40 times greater than its design and construction of the facility – that includes your LAN.
- Bandwidth demand will only grow, not shrink, in your local area network. Your LAN must support not only today's demands for voice, video and data, but future requirements like security and building automation.
- Fiber optics are usually the less costly investment for your local area network because of its nearly limitless bandwidth capacity and ease of upgrade.
- Optical fiber has become easier and faster to install – copper can't say the same.
- The amount of information carried in two strands of optical fiber requires a copper cable four inches in diameter. If you're considering copper, have you got room to spare – or grow -- in your LAN cabling space?
Distance, Wattage Considerations Drive Power Decisions
Distance, Wattage Considerations Drive Decisions
Power over Ethernet – It’s an old concept with new applications happening today. As the concept is being re-imagined, why not also re-imagine your infrastructure to align data and power for the future of the building. New power solutions today enable high power options with traditional low-voltage labor and safety. Digital Electricity is one of those options that parallel the distance and space savings of optical fiber, reducing runs of CAT cabling and enabling PoE as it is being imagined today and in the near future.
Product Highlight
WCH Improvements at a Glance
WCH Improvements at a Glance
What's in it for you? Wall-Mountable Connector Housing Innovation by the Numbers
- 40% reduction in overall splicing installation time
- 65% fewer tools required for housing installation
Easy Installation
- The Level: We’ve integrated a bubble level into our WCH housings for fast and accurate mounting
- The Teardrop: Raised dual teardrop mounting points for easier, single-installer mounting
Flexibility
- Closet Connector Housing (CCH) cassettes or Panels: You can use the same panels and cassettes you use with your rack-mount CCH Housings for scalability
- Cable Management: Cable knockouts with dust brush protection and removable strain relief brackets give you more, and easier, options for managing your cables
Fiber Management
- Routing Guides: Our popular CCH rack-mount hardware routing guides have been included in the WCH family, and can be removed as needed for your installation
- Dedicated Routing Area: Keep your fiber and cable separated with a dedicated routing area for the buffer tubes and subunits of your cable
Jumper Management - Integrated Bar
- The built-in jumper management bar provides added strain relief

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Learn MoreWhether you are new to the industry, a veteran installer, a network manager, or a designer, See the Light® seminars offer something for everyone. Our curriculum includes hands-on training, intensive instructional courses, and webinars.
Whether you are new to the industry, a veteran installer, a network manager, or a designer, See the Light® seminars offer something for everyone. Our curriculum includes hands-on training, intensive instructional courses, and webinars.

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