Some major company announcements plus a couple of tales of human disruption on the jobsite.
Disruptive mid-summer: The week's top stories
Rounding out this week's top stories, a pair of major company announcements sure to make ripples around the industry, plus a couple of tales of human disruption on the cabling jobsite.
On July 16, 2017, the board of directors of General Cable announced it initiated a review of strategic alternatives, including the potential sale of the company.
Two ‘back hoe fade’ fiber cable incidents—one caused by a grass-mowing crew and the other by a construction crew—left about 36,000 customers without service.
One of the attributes of Belden's REVConnect Preloaded Patch Panels is that the technician can use the space over each port to mark the cable where it should be terminated. Technicians also can use that above-the-port space to organize and dress cables, and measure the slack needed.
