Structured Cabling


Everything you need to know

What is Structured Cabling?


Structured cabling is the foundation of a well-run network, connectivity and the basis for all voice, data and video traffic within any office environment.


A robust structured cabling system helps:


  • Decrease administration time
  • Increasing network reliability
  • Allow faster access to applications
  • Reduce costs of telecom services
  • Improve overall network performance



The benefits of Structured Cabling and why is it important?


As the world becomes increasingly more digital, data cabling is falling more and more out of date.


Structured cabling helps businesses keep up with information demands by making digital assets available to users in real-time, which has led many organisations to adopt structured cabling systems as their primary method of distributing data.


A structured cabling system consists of several different components that work together to provide the backbone for your company’s network infrastructure.


To begin with, the network installation experts run cables throughout the building, which tends to be the most expensive part of getting started.


These cables must be able to handle transmitting large amounts of data at high speeds, so you don’t experience any hiccups on your network.



What are the components of Structured Cabling?

There are six structured cabling subsystems consisting as entrance facilities, cable distribution, equipment rooms, telecommunications closets, horizontal cabling, and backbone cabling.


Types of cabling used as part of a backbone cabling system include:


  • Cat5 / Cat 5e
  • Cat6 / Cat6a
  • Cat 7
  • Single Mode Fibre
  • Multi-Mode Fibre



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