Bonding and Grounding: A Well-Grounded Shield
With guest writer Bill Cole — A field technician with a high-power influence problem recently…
Browsing: DSL/G.Fast/Vectoring
Maintaining a Robust Copper Infrastructure According to Cable Type
When a large number of customers are out of service, there is a root cause.…
Cable and Conductor Locating
One of the most difficult tasks in the utility business is finding the path of…
Danger Zone: Split Cable Pairs
Are you receiving repeated complaints from a customer having bandwidth circuits dropping or others on…
Wetting or Sealing Current
The following came from an interested reader, and may be an issue you’ve faced. I’d…
The Changing Role of the Field Technician in the Bandwidth Business
When I started in the telephone business in 1965, the field technician’s jobs were fragmented.…
Testing, Testing
Testing and Test Results on a Multifunction Test Set — I received the following question…
The Challenges Inherent in Single-Pair Faults
Taking care of copper cable has never been easy. The older the cable gets, the…
Limited Access Install Procedures for FTTH / DSL / Bonded DSL
I was recently contacted by the GM of a small independent Telco asking me about…
Connecting the Underserved and the Unserved
A 5-Step Broadband Strategy — Broadband connectivity is essential now more than ever to battle…