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Codes and Standards.
All low voltage cabling be it data, voice, fiber or coax needs to be installed via the National Electrical Code (NEC) and the ANSI/TIA/E1A 568A-5 Standards. These are the books we use to install all our telecommunications networks.

Many installations (usually the cheap prices) do not follow these Codes and Standards because it cost more money to wire a network up to code and standard. We only do code and standard based network installs.

All installations meet NEC and ANSI/TIA/E1A 568A-5 Standards

Upon Investigation.
These are pictures of work we have found either in an effort to fix network cabling problems or when installing new cable runs. You will be amazed at some of the low quality of work that is out there.

Telecommunication cables laying on
top of electrical wires (NEC Violation)

Just in case you need some extra wire!

Data wire coming through wall
with no fire-stop and/or grommet

Data wire being pinched
by telephone jack

Fiber Optic and Copper data cables pinched by
a ceiling tile (ANSI/TIA/E1A 568A-5 Standards)

As soon as we took off the ceiling tile
everything came crashing down (NEC violation)

3" of untwisted pairs
(ANSI/TIA/E1A 568A-5 Standards)

Telephone jack A rats nest of wires
being support by a coat hanger

Pathways.
Pathways are the area that the horizontal cable runs usually from the termination closet (TC) to
the wall of the room the cable is going to. This is a critical area and the place where most of the mistakes are made especially throwing the cables on top of the ceiling tiles and over florescent lights.

Neatly dressed data cables in their own pathway

Proper pipe stubbing with grommets

Proper fire stopping

Proper fire-stopping

Use of Grommets to protect cabling

Proper Use of J-Hooks

Termination Closet.
The Termination Closet (TC) is where all the cables are labeled and punched down before they are connected to the hubs, switches and routers. It is important to stay in the specification of twist length between the cable and patch panel. Additionally, it is important to label and document all cables so if you need to troubleshoot anything it can be done quickly and easily.

Patch Panel installation w/proper ground

Termination on back of patch panel

Side view of Relay Rack

Close up of proper ground

Patch Panel

Front view of relay rack

Proper ground

Labeling and Testing.
An uncertified network will cause you potentially long term problems. Many installations by pass this step because of cost. This is a key element and assures you that the installation is in the ANSI/TIA/E1A 568A-5 specification. A cable scanner tests for wiremap,
NEXT, ACR and length.

Brady 2200 labeler

OmniScanner from Microtest with the
ability to test cabling up to 350 MHz