Repair of Your Wounded Copper Infrastructure
In an earlier column we discussed the proactive process of finding single pair faults in…
Browsing: DSL/G.Fast/Vectoring
High Voltage Transmission Lines Over a CO/Hut
I recently received an email from Aaron, a manager of an independent telephone company, discussing…
Get Ready!
Learn Why 2019 Will Be the Year of G.fast — As the digital appetite for…
Moisture Diffusion in Underground Pulp Cable Networks
During a phone call, a cable maintenance supervisor from a large metropolitan area described a…
The Copper Bridge to a Multigigabit Future
Providers Like Frontier Embrace G.fast — It’s human nature to want more in life, so…
More on the Resistance Bridge
In last month’s column, Tim, a skilled field tech, stated: Maybe I missed it, but…
Fault Locating the Copper Infrastructure With a Multi-Function Test Set
I recently received an email from a quality cable maintenance technician. He stated the following:…
Finding Cable Trouble With a Multi-Function Test Set
We constantly hear in the field that a test set is not performing its advertised…
Even Badly Neglected Copper Has Life Left!
The following opening paragraphs are contributed by Chuck Blume, someone who’s been in the industry…
Unwanted Noise on Cable Pairs
A field technician called me to help him with a noise complaint that affected the…