Readers had a lot to say in response to a newsletter last month that asked questions about the future of LAN cabling. As I mentioned last time, readers were fairly dismissive of wireless LANs – at ...

If you are forced to run cable for long lengths in proximity to power lines, or you are running it past several extremely powerful motors, or right past an airport's radar system, etc. you really ...

What is unshielded twisted pair? Unshielded twisted pair (UTP) is a ubiquitous type of copper cabling used in telephone wiring and local area networks (LANs). The five types of UTP cables are ...

For more than 25 years structured cabling systems for voice and data applications have been standardized as 4-pair, balanced UTP, ScTP or Sc/FTP cable that now supports up to 40 Gb/s on 30 meters of ...