If you are like most companies, you may struggle with maintaining tidiness and order within your cabling closets. A strategically designed cabling infrastructure is one of the most critical elements to the success of your company’s IT department. Don’t let tangled, unlabeled wiring and cables negatively affect the functionality of your communications! With proper wire management, a well-designed IT closet guarantees that your systems will run smoothly!
Benefits of Structured Voice and Data Cabling:
- A Well-Organized Data Rack
- More Efficient and Stress-Free Troubleshooting
- Simplifies Additions, Moves, and Alterations
- Easily Adapt to New Technology
Should you use Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, Cat 6a or Fiber?
If you are confused about how to select the proper cabling for your business, the experts at Voicecom Plus are here to help you select the perfect cabling for your current and future needs.
Our highly experienced staff has the ability and expertise to assist you with the design and installation of your data, voice, audio/video and network cabling. Offering a single-source solution for all your voice and data needs, our approach serves to help with your short and long-term business goals. Not only do we look at your immediate goals, but we also take into account future applications and growth of your organization and technological advancements that may impact your communications requirements. Throughout the process, our installers will ensure the highest quality service while also striving to exceed your expectations every step of the way.
- Fiber Optic Cabling Structured Cabling IV
- Riser Multi-Pair Feed Cable
- Category 5
- Category 5e
- Category 6
- Category 6a
- Coaxial
Quality Products from Leading Manufacturers
We install only premium cable and components from all leading manufacturers, depending on your requirements, preference and budget.
- AMPStructured Cable
- Belden Wire & Cable
- Chatsworth Products
- Commscope
- Corning Cabling Systems
- Hubbell
- Krone
- Leviton
- Ortronics
- Panduit
- Siemens
- ICC
Category 5
Cat 5 cabling was most commonly used for 100Mbit/s networks, such as 100BASE-TX Ethernet. Cat 5 cables were frequently used to create structured cabling for computer networks, such as Fast Ethernet. They were also used to carry many other signals such as basic voice services, token ring, and ATM over short distances.
Category 5e
An enhanced version of Cat 5, Cat 5e cabling adds specifications for far-end crosstalk. Although 1000BASE-T was designed for use with Cat 5 cable, the tighter specifications associated with Cat 5e cable and connectors make it the best choice for use with 1000BASE-T. However, despite the stricter performance specifications, Cat 5e cable does not enable longer cable distances for Ethernet networks: horizontal cables are still limited to a maximum of 90 m in length.
Category 6
Cat 6 is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network protocols that is backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3cable standards. Featuring more stringent specifications, Cat 6 is made to withstand crosstalk and system noise. The cable standard is most suitable for 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T (Gigabit Ethernet) connections as it provides performance of up to 250 MHz.
Category 6a
Cat 6a supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Doubling data transmission bandwidth from 250 to 500 MHz, it decreases the chance of crosstalk interference and provides optimal reliability and transmission speeds through greater lengths of cable.
Coaxial
Coax cables carry a nominal impedance of between 35 and 185 ohms. They most commonly use the following three cables:
- Coax cables, which are 50 ohms and the most widely used in thin-net Ethernet
- 75 ohms, which are the cables you’re most likely using at home for your TV or cable modem
- 93 ohms, which is rarely used
Although coax makes up a small percentage of our total installations, it is still a critical piece of the infrastructure for many of our customers. Coax has been the medium of choice for high fidelity audio, television, satellite and broadband communications.
Riser Feeder Cable
Riser cables typically come in 25 pair increments and are used to provide service to multiple floors in larger buildings. They are suitable for backbone wiring for both voice and data applications in Local Area Networks.
Key Takeaways
- The experts at Voicecom Plus are experienced to handle all of your cabling needs
- We use only quality products from leading manufacturers
- Choose from Category 5, Category 5e, Category 6, Category 6a, Coaxial, and Riser Feeder Cabling
Contact us today for a quote to best suit your voice and data cabling installation needs!