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CASE STUDY
Even well-ordered cables benefit from more than a visual check.
Ideal efficiency:
profitable projects
Select Property Care explains how their use of
The case for selecting the
ideal network tester
SignalTEK NT from IDEAL Networks transformed a
large-scale wireless access point project.
Bad practice increases costs and makes the outcome uncertain.
Based in Florida, Select Property Care is a small
installer operating in the hospitality sector. They
specialise in providing high speed guest internet
access for large US hotels.
Tasked with installing 760 wireless access points
and 50 HP switches into a 1400 room, four-star hotel
in Philadelphia using a two-man team, Select Property
Care needed to execute efficiently so as to minimise
network downtime and guest disruption. As a fixed
rate job it was also important for the installation to
be efficient and accurate to protect profit.
Previously, this type of work would be undertaken
using a laptop, tone and probe and basic test
equipment. In order to test cabling one installer
would be based in the intermediate distribution frame
(IDF) closet to visually confirm when lights went off
or to tone the jacks out. But with 800 access points
and complex cabling mixed IP TVs going to all hotel
rooms, this manual method would not provide the
required results. Additionally guest disruption would
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