Why structured wiring needs to be on your radar as a builder or installer
From appliances to lights to blinds to thermostats, smart home devices are finding their way into every nook and cranny in the modern household. In many ways, these devices are making our homes more efficient and user-friendly than ever before. …
Network Switches: Which One is Right for Your Client?
As businesses scale up and add more in-house employees, they face increasingly complex IT hurdles. What may have worked for an office with a handful of employees simply won’t support an office with five or six times as many network …
Cat5, Cat6, and Cat6a: Is it Finally Time to Start Future-Proofing?
For most of the past few decades, new Ethernet installations have been dominated by Cat5, Cat5e, and Cat6 cabling. Cat5 saw its stock rise in the mid-to -late 90s, Cat5e had its heyday in the 2000s, and Cat6 has been …
Top 5 Smart Home Blog Posts from The Switch
As we look forward to an exciting 2019 in the telco and smart home industry, here’s a list of our most-read blog posts on The Switch. Why 5G won’t replace fiber or cable broadband If you’ve been reading the headlines …
New Product Announcement: Flush Cutter Tool
Primex is pleased to announce it will now be offering the Flush Cutter Tool for use with Media Distribution enclosures and cable cutting. The Primex Flush Cutter is a precision snipping tool ideal for cutting wires, removing knockouts on Primex enclosures, …