Data Cabling & Fibre Optics

Traditionally Category 5e installations are the main consideration when installing copper cabling with Category 6 for clients who want to future proof their networks further. In Spring 2008 we saw a ratification of a cabling standard that offers a 10 fold increase in performance over Category 6, supporting 10 Gigabits per second over 100m. It's called Augmented Category 6, or more commonly known as Category 6a.

Category 6a cabling systems terminate using familiar RJ45 sockets and provides a relatively future proofed option for a copper cabling infrastructure, certainly more so that Category 5e or Category 6.

Of course with higher performance come higher costs, we would be more than happy to provide exact costs for each option for your installation if required, so you can weigh up the cost vs. benefits for yourself.

Many networks use Fibre optics for their backbone or long haul to connect separate buildings across sites. Our installers are proficient at installing both light and dark Fibre Optics. There are many benefits to using Fibre optics within your network as the performance and reliability can be greatly improved over traditional copper network installations.