Structured cabling is data and telecommunications cabling inside a building that is installed according to a set of defined standards. With Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) and BiCSI certified resources Comco, Inc. has the ability to take on your structured cabling projects and get them completed. Comco has extensive experience installing structured cabling systems that include Cat 3, Cat 5, Cat 5e, Cat 6, coaxial, and fiber optic cables.
Once the structured cabling system is installed, they cost less to maintain when additional connections are needed or end-user requirements change. Having a structured cabling system in place further reduces costs when it comes to troubleshooting voice and data problems on your network by having separate physical segments to analyze.
The standards dictate how the cable is to be distributed within the building infrastructure, the methods of cable management to use, the proper termination of both ends of the cable, and the acceptable readings when certifying the cables. Structured cabling is typically installed in a star formation where end-user connections are terminated at a local point, called an Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF), and then each IDF is connected via a backbone cable to a main location, called a Main Distribution Frame (MDF). This is different from non-structured cabling where each end-user connection is connected directly back to the MDF.
The costs for grounding/bonding backbones is reduced because fiber optic cable is non-conductive.
