Outside Plant and Campus Cabling

In a campus environment, whether university, industrial park or military base, optical fiber is used extensively and sometimes exclusively in the campus backbone. The benefits of optical fiber are ideal for this environment. Fiber can support a range of data rates from very low speed to very high speed over long distances. The cables are small and lightweight and immune to lightning and ground loop effects. A well-planned campus backbone can provide the versatility to carry a complete spectrum of services such as data, voice, video, building management systems, security monitoring, and more.

The campus backbone environment provides the most harsh conditions for a cable plant to endure. The cabling must be designed to provide uninterrupted service to maintain the integrity of an enterprise communications system. Corning Cable Systems' ALTOSŪ cable is a revolutionary, dry waterblocked loose tube cable designed specifically for the rigors of this environment. Pioneered by Corning Cable Systems, the loose tube design has proven its success in installations over the past 17 years.

Corning Cable Systems also offers a selection of weatherproof splice products designed for the outside environment. And when it comes to testing, Corning Cable Systems offers a range of its own test equipment, including automated OTDR multitesters, power meters, and talk sets.


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