What is Structured Cabling?

Commercial Origins

For many years commercial buildings have had structured cabling systems installed. Strict cabling standards are adhered to during the construction phase with the objective of providing ongoing service requirements over time. This should result in little or no building modification to meet the new requirements.

Residential Implementation

Yesterday - In the past, a typical home had only one phone line with possibly two telephones connected. Video meant one cable coming from an antenna direct to the TV in the lounge.

Today - Homes can have numerous phone lines with numerous handsets, fax machines and modems. Video is no longer a single antenna; it now incorporates cable TV, Satellite, VCR, DVD and CCD cameras. Data networks are required for those wishing to utilize modern communication services such as Computer Networking and Broadband Internet.

Tomorrow - The biggest change that is arriving is "Fiber To The Door". Fiber optic cable is being run to your door as you read. This will bring massive change to our homes and businesses. Conventional telephones are powered over the telephone cables, with fiber optic-cables, this cannot happen! Your new telephones will be VoIP or Voice Over IP (Internet). This has other implications for the products in our home. There will be no more "Dial-Up Internet". The Alarm System will need to access the Internet to call the monitoring station via a secure connection. You will not be able to have your Sky Box dial out for a movie - it will have to access the Internet! Once you have your connection you will be able to receive video stream on demand from anywhere in the world to your TV.

With communications technology advances, it is logical to cable with the future possibilities in mind. The correct cable infrastructure will not only maximise the benefit of current systems but provides flexibility to implement tomorrow's technology.

Supporting Links

• All You Need To Know!
• PTC106 Code of Practice

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Even the most basic new home will require having basic structured cabling in place for the occupants to function with this new technology.

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