Cat5e, Cat6 & Fibre Cabling
Orchard Computer Services are an accredited cabling partner of leading manufacturer Excel. No structured cabling project is too big or too small for our experienced team. They will design, plan and implement your project taking every consideration into account and therefore causing your business the minimum amount of disruption. They will manage the project, liaise with any other contractors and keep you fully informed.
On completion, our Cat5e, Cat6 and Fibre cabling installations are fully tested and certified to the relevant standard. They come with a 10 year warranty and the materials (cables & modules etc.) provided by Excel are guaranteed for 25 years.
The key to any cabling project is in the design and planning. Our team will listen to and discuss your requirements. They will develop the best solution to meet your business needs. Even in this growing age of wireless networking, there is often no substitution for the guaranteed reliability of structured cabling.
Cat5e - This is the most common form of structured cabling used in offices etc. This can provide connections of up to 100MBps and is suitable for use of distances up to 100m. Cat5e cabling is also commonly used to provide the links from the telephone system to the handsets.
Cat6 - This is becoming more common because it can provide connections of up to 1000MBps. This is often used for the backbone that links the servers and switches even if the connections to the desktop are still Cat5e. It is suitable for use of distances up to 100m.
Fibre - Fibre optic cabling transmits data as a light wave. This allows it to be used for much greater distances than either Cat5e or Cat6. It is commonly used to extend networks into additional buildings. It allows you to provide numerous points via one cable, a cable that is not subject to the likes of lightning strikes as is the case with copper cabling.
