Cable
networking has evolved a great deal. It is now mandatory for companies to invest in structured cabling systems that can support a complex operation. That is why many corporations have shifted to fiber optic communications from the traditional copper cabling systems. However, it is important to plan the infrastructure carefully and anticipate some problems that may come along the way.
Business firms sometimes require toll free numbers to facilitate communications with clients, suppliers and other publics. Phone companies typically charge clients with a fixed monthly service fee for providing an 800 number. The 800 number gets forwarded to a standard local number. Special equipment or additional cables are not needed. The local exchange firm checks the carrier that transmits the call. This inter-exchange delivery service (long distance) picks up this call, facilitates routing, sets up the call record for billing purposes and transfers the call to your office. There are no charges to the caller.
It is sometimes cost-effective
Cloud communications coupled with software products are currently in. In plain terminologies, the cloud-based phone system is a hosted Voice over Internet Protocol or web-based telephone system. It is a program for communications wherein the application remains inactive in the net but prospective subscribers can hook up to it by paying a fixed monthly fee.
One specific example is the popular Skype. Just like other Internet-based apps, users need both software and hardware to successfully use this configuration. You need a cloud phone or personal computer as end point.
Telecommunications industry experts believe that business phone services will continue to evolve as long as Internet technology progresses. Small, medium and large corporations benefit from this type of services. Experts project that increasing sales and cost reduction are among the essential aspects that will affect developments in business telephone systems for this year. Business proprietors will find out the value of said systems and surely shift from the traditional methods to IP telephony.
Phone service providers are expected to continue modifying their services
We were asked to bid on a cabling project that was fairly straight-forward. It involved replacing the existing Cat5e cable with either Cat6a, Cat7 or fiber cable. The site was an open, standard modern office with a drop ceiling and hollow office walls. The client needed 64 single drops to existing faceplates, three new 24-port patch panels and patch cables.
The need for higher speeds by the client was created by a demand for faster access to larger files from the Server. This potential client was involved with heavy drafting and multimedia applications that require more bandwidth through the cabling system. Cat5e yields up to 1000Base-T, 1-Gigabit, data transfer speed.
The challenge is in deciding on which type of cable to use. Cat6a and fiber are very standard solutions. But Cat7 is not at all a standard installation yet (and might not ever be one). The problems with Cat7 are that the cable is very heavy,
As tenants come and go in a commercial building, the cabling infrastructure sometimes leaves behind abandoned Cat5, Cat6 and coax cabling. All that needs to happen is for the new tenant to request a reconfigured layout that relocates the main wall closet. Or, sometimes the old tenant will cut away the cabling in order to take the patch panels with them. If possible, keep the wall closet location. And always offer to buy the patch panels from a departing tenant.
The process of installing a patch panel onto a wall begins with the preparing the wall to hold the rack. Most offices have drywall walls. Sometimes the walls are concrete if they lie along the structural boundaries of the building. This installation involved mounting the patch panel onto a wall that is drywall on top of concrete.
The photos below will illustrate what is involved in mounting a rack that holds the patch panel and switch.
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