As a leader in technology academics, the entire campus must have state of the art learning facilities.. From the original Old Main Building of 1888, to the cutting edge Engineer-ing Buil
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Utah State University Meeting Tomorrow’s Infrastructure Needs Today with
In the late 1800’s, settlers in Utah’s Cache Valley had a dream to bring higher education and greater opportunity to the people of
the then rural area
With little more than simple pioneering spirit and determination, they opened the doors of the Agricultural College of Utah in 1888
to a handful of students Now known as Utah State University (USU), that same founding spirit lives on today in Logan, Utah where present day enrollment exceeds 22,000
Utah State University has a long and decorated history of academic excellence, with 7 colleges offering 230 degrees and career options, including 88 masters and
32 doctorate degrees The once diminu-tive college is now one of the nation’s most advanced universities with numerous accolades ranging from more than 400 payloads sent into space (including more student designed experiments than any other university) to being the 16th most productive scientific research facility in the nation
As a leader in technology academics, the entire campus must have state of the art learning facilities In concert with the University Central Administration, Telecommunications and Telephone Services moved forward with infrastructure upgrades This unit of
telecommunications is part of the USU Office of Information Technology Services, which is committed
to moving the institution to enhanced levels of connectivity and functionality From the original Old Main Building of 1888, to the cutting edge Engineer-ing BuildEngineer-ing of 2003, the university now boasts over
140 buildings with lecture hall facilities wired for
“When we
finished the
evaluation KRONE
was the best
end-to-end cabling
solution for all of
our criteria.”
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instant network access by all students
and faculty To complicate the issue, the
university has a large distance learning
program that makes up 28% of
enroll-ment To keep such advanced programs
and facilities moving, USU required the
most advanced communications
equipment available for high-speed
data transmission and storage They
realized early on that everything begins
with the structured cabling system The
new Engineering Building,
commis-sioned in 2003, was determined to be
the ideal facility to begin the upgrade
The Bottom Line is Remarkably
Simple
Scott Wells, a certified RCDD and
Associate Director of the
Telecommuni-cations Department has more than 30
years experience in data and
telecom-munications Wells knew the challenges
of supporting the new facility would
require the best equipment at every
layer As part of the structured cabling
selection process, USU tested numerous
solutions and balanced performance,
price, ease of installation and availability
in their decision making process The
only solution that met all of USU’s strict
criteria was KRONE “When you get the
best performance for the best price, the
decision becomes pretty easy.” stated
Wells
The University had planned to re-wire
the campus with 3 million feet of
Enhanced Category 5 (Cat 5e) cable,
because that’s all they believed their
budget would allow “KRONE came in
with a premier Category 6 system and
said I could stay on budget I was
obviously skeptical at first, and
collec-tively we had our doubts, but KRONE
really did deliver.”
Once the KRONE end-to-end system was
determined to be the best choice for the
university, the team sat down with
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Scott Wells standing in front of the Edith Bowen Building
The new engineering building was the first all KRONE installation on campus
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KRONE’s technical design team to settle
on the best Category 6 (Cat 6)
connec-tivity products for their needs and
applications After careful
consider-ation of numerous options, the team
selected KRONE’s new Cat 6 HighBand®
25 termination block for its
perfor-mance, density and versatility
Like all KRONE connectors, the
HighBand 25 implements KRONE’s
legendary LSA-Plus technology
incorporating corrosion resistant silver
plated contacts set at a 45 degree angle
for unparalleled reliability When
hard-wired, the HighBand 25’s center patch
port allows for look both ways testing
and the unique ability to reroute
circuits by simply inserting a patch cord
This process, called Patch-By-Exception,
allows the user to quickly reroute
circuits for temporary transfer, and
active testing without taking the circuit
down or inhibiting performance If the
circuit is to remain, then it can be
re-wired at any time To return it to its
original status, the patch cord is simply
removed instantly returning the circuit
to its original setting
This system is ideal for end-of-semester
maintenance when circuits can easily be
returned to their originally designed
locale It also equates to a tremendous
cost saving on patch cords, because only 10-15% of the traditional number of patch cords are ever implemented The end result is the cleanest, most polished, and easiest to maintain telecommunications closet The rat’s nests of unnecessary patch cords are gone and maintenance and record keeping are suddenly simple The entire telecommunica-tions staff at USU immediately took to the system “This type of versatility was simply not available in other products I love the KRONE
system and I don’t ever want
to go back to the 110 type connectors we were using before,” said Stephanie Roos, Telecommunications Techni-cian
Having it All For cable, USU chose KRONE’s new AirES cable technology AirES (Air Enhanced System) represents
an incredible breakthrough
in cable technology By implementing numerous patent pending designs and manufac-turing processes, KRONE was able to incorporate air channels into the design
of each conductor The result is dra-matically improved dielectrics, which results in greater transmis-sion speed and performance So extraordinary was this improve-ment, it allowed the conductor and insulation sizes to be re-duced The end result is a better performing cable that is 32%
smaller!
This reduction in size, and the incorporation of air also means 32% less material, which directly translates to a lower fuel load in all runs and plenum spaces In the
event of a fire, the AirES cable lowers the risk of flame propagation and smoke generation, improving safety for people, and highly sensitive and valuable electronic equipment
In some areas, the university has a tremendous amount of three-quarter inch conduit and as a result had extremely limited space for new cable runs This naturally concerned the team that the cramped spaces wouldn’t allow for proper cable lays and would effect bend radii and result in compromised performance As a result, they con-cluded that they were going to need to run all new conduit – an incredibly costly proposition But the KRONE AirES cable is capable of being placed directly
in the existing runs saving the univer-sity tens of thousands of dollars
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The telecommunications team instantly realized the benefits of a smaller, faster and safer cable
“We received samples from other vendors of their Cat 6 cables with a filler and they were much stiffer than AirES”, said Wells “AirES even pulls better cold The old Cat 5e we were using was larger and stiffer than AirES Cat 6.”
Combined with the HighBand 25, KRONE Category 6 station outlets and AirES cable, the entire end-to-end system is covered under KRONE’s revolutionary TrueNet system warranty
Guaranteed not to create any transmission errors within the physical layer (thanks to cable and connector components that are designed in parallel and matched electrically) and then proven with on-site active testing KRONE warranties the system’s performance for 5 years and all components to be free of defect for 25 years A safer, better-balanced system simply doesn’t exist
The KRONE Difference When prompted to point out what separated KRONE from the others, Wells replied, “The major thing KRONE did for us, that no one else
could, was the combination of features that addressed all our needs; from the small diameter
of the cable to the superior performance It fit the bill for all of our issues
“When we finished the evaluation it was the best end-to-end cabling solution for all of our criteria The new Engineering Building was our very first all KRONE application We’ve since decided to convert the entire campus over to a KRONE end-to-end solution KRONE has been the most responsive manufacturer in the industry, carefully listening to all the needs of their customers That’s the difference.”
For more information For more information on what sets KRONE apart, Patch-By-Exception, AirES, and the remarkable TrueNet Warranty, please call 1-800-775-5766 or visit our web site at www.kroneamericas.com
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