Carlon Structured Cable Management Systems Handbook - Low Res - Manual (Page 24)

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Section 9.
Resi-Gard ® Flexible Raceway
Systems
WHY INSTALL FLEXIBLE RACEWAYS?
How many years ago was just Plain Old Telephone
Systems (POTS) the standard for the phone lines? What
about Category 3 Cable? How long did Category 4
last? Now what do you install – Category 5? Category
5e? Are some cable companies pushing Category 6?
Category 7? What about fiber? Fiber may be a few
years away, but it’s coming. Carlon’s question to you is
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED 5
YEARS FROM NOW? 10 YEARS FROM NOW? How
are you protecting your homes against the technology
changes of the future? How are you future-proofing
your home? Installing bundled cable or CAT5e to every
outlet in the house isn’t the answer. What are you
going to do when CAT5e is substandard? This is the
first reason why Flexible Raceways should be installed.
FUTURE PROOFING
Even though you may run cable to each room in the
house, changes will occur. Cabling standards will
change. Homeowner technology requirements will
change. Planning ahead for these changes is easy by
installing Flexible Raceway. By installing raceways
throughout the house will give you the opportunity to
easily remove the outdated cable and replace it with
new cable without tearing up the walls.
Even EIA/TIA-570-A states, “Within buildings, consider-
ation should be given to establishing spare pathway
capacity for future media additions or modifications
that would be difficult or impossible to cable.”
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