A Cable Installer’s Guide to NAS Devices
By now most of your customers have a horror story about that time they lost all their data. If it hasn’t happened to them personally, they probably know someone who has. With more of our lives moving into the digital …
Telco Trends: Getting Smarter and Richer with Integration
As providers of the network infrastructure, telecommunications companies have always been a critical component of smart technology. And they have always had a wealth of data. But strategic integration provides telcos with the opportunity to be more involved in smart …
What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?
Big data has become more popular among companies over the last few years, mostly due to the vast amount of data available from the IoT or Internet of Things, which offers valuable insights into the minds of their customers. Because …
An Installer’s Guide to Outside Plant Enclosures
Reports on the continued growth of broadband across North America are daily. According to Pyramid Research, the telecommunication market in Canada generated US$42.4bn in revenue in 2015, and will continue to grow through 2020. Industry operators will focus on “increasing …
How does Wi-Fi work?
How many times in your workday do you hear the term Wi-Fi? When you’re on an FTTH install job, when you’re quoting on an FTTP project, when you’re choosing enclosures, when you’re answering customers’ questions, and when you’re reading about …
Power Leads Workshop Lineup at CommTech West Show
At the recent CommTech West Show in Calgary, Alberta, there were dozens of interesting technical sessions & workshops to attend. Many of them dealing with the subject of power. After all, when it comes to computer networks and data transmission we …
What Every Broadband Installer Needs to Know About VOIP
One of the most ubiquitous technologies ever invented is the traditional phone system. Ever since Alexander Graham Bell invented it in 1876, people everywhere have used it to speak to one another. The original system used electricity in copper wire …
CRTC Broadband Availability Map Shows Digital Divide in Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) unveiled a new map that shows the availability of broadband Internet access service at or above the target speeds of 5 megabits per second download and 1 megabits per second upload within hexagon …
Installer Tips on Terminating Data Cabling
Data cables are continually evolving presenting the installer with the challenge of keeping up. Some old timers will fondly remember Cat3 station wire, but with fiber becoming more prevalent it may be sooner than later that all copper cabling becomes …
What is the Internet of Things?
Many people are talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) as if it were the greatest thing to ever happen to the planet, but what is it exactly? The term was first used in 1999 by Kevin Ashton, a director …