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Telecom/Modular - Premise Wiring Tutorial

What is Premise Wiring? How is Premise Wiring used? Where is Premise Wiring used?
Premise Wiring is the cabling, connectors and Premise Wiring is made up of vertical and Premise wiring can be found in just about all
accessories that are used to connect LAN (Local horizontal cable runs from a central location public and private buildings, including educational
Area Network) and phone equipment inside a throughout buildings to individual desktops. and government buildings as well as in many
commercial building. newer homes.
Typical LAN Premise Wiring Typical Telecommunications Closet
Wiring Notes:
Horizontal runs to
1. Category 5e/6 unshielded office drops are
twisted pair is the norm. Use connected permanently
4 pair solid conductor inside to the rear of Category
the walls, 4 pair stranded for 5e/6 patch panels.
patch cords. Plenum rated
cabling may be necessary Category 5e/6 patch
depending upon fire codes panels and patch cords
in your area. are used to connect to
2. Maximum distance for a network equipment.
horizontal run is 90m (solid
conductor) plus an additional Network Equipment
10m (stranded conductor) for
patching.
19" rack or cabinet.
3. Fiber is the common choice
for backbone wiring. It is also
recommended for horizontal
runs over 100m.

Approximately 70% of network downtime is due to faulty cables

Quality Components are the building blocks of a reliable network

This is an example of our
competitor's inferior copper Cable
clad aluminum cable design.
Many low cost telecom/modular cables use copper clad aluminum or copper clad
steel. Aluminum and steel have much higher resistance than copper, resulting in
increased data loss and low transmission speeds. L-com uses only pure copper
conductors on its cables. Additionally, cable jackets can be made with less
fireproofing materials than claimed and in some cases the writing on the jacket
might state 24 AWG but is actually made from 25 or 26 AWG wire.

Connectors
Some competitor's connectors use only a gold flash
where L-com ensures 50 microinches (1.27µm) or better
of gold flash on our connectors.
Gold flash on connectors quickly rubs off, especially for
patch cables. This can result in a measurably slower
network and even dropped connectivity.
Gold flash on competitors RJ45 contact has deteriorated, L-com connectors with 50 microinches (1.27µm) of gold
degrading connectivity. do not degrade.
To view the entire article concerning counterfeit and low quality telecom/modular cables visit our website: L-com.com/CableTest

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