How Dense Can/Should We Build Our Telecom Equipment?
By Jim Pilgrim, Broadband Technology Market Manager

Fiber termination density has evolved into an important and key factor with the emergence and deployment of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks all over the world.

Main Distributing Frames (MDFs) of the past, with thousands of copper terminations, are now on the migration path to Main Fiber Distribution Frames (MFDFs) which employs thousands of fiber terminations (at least one for every subscriber).

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Maximizing Fiber Density with a Larger Footprint
By Gary Bender, Broadband Application Engineer

When central office floor space is at a premium (it always is or will be soon), consider deploying eight or nine foot frames to achieve maximum fiber density. Going from the standard seven foot frame to a nine foot frame, you can gain up to 576 additional fibers, though the number of actual fibers gained will vary depending on how you build the eight or nine foot frame to meet your needs.

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Fiber Density—Things to Consider
By Johnny Hill, Vice President of Product Management

As the consumer’s thirst for bandwidth continues to drive deeper and more robust fiber infrastructures, the density needs, both in the outside plant (OSP) and central office (CO), requires higher fiber counts than a service providers cable plant has even seen before. With this demand, a wide variety of challenges present themselves from dense patch panels in the central office/headend, to smaller and smaller cabinets in the OSP, to fully occupied drop locations in the last mile.

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New Product! — March 2007 Active Gear Fiber Management Troughing Panel Point-to-Point FTTH topology requires a high number of routed fiber jumpers. Left unmanaged, these jumperscan lead to fiber congestion. Watch the Video on How to Use the Active Gear Troughing Panel ( Time: 2:49, Size: 6MB) Download Active Gear Fiber Management Troughing Panel Literature Active Gear Troughing Panel Overview
New! — March 2007 Drop Cable Assemblies If you’ve chosen to deploy drop cables using Corning’s hardened OptiTap connector as part of your fiber plant, APACN can help you make it happen. Download the Drop Cable Assemblies Literature Drop Cable Assemblies Overview

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In the News

March 2007—Family-Owned and Operated Twin Valley Telephone Company Chooses APA Cables & Networks' Fiber Management Solution for "Home Run" Applications: Product Selection Based upon Product Tailoring and Turnaround Time. Read more...

January 2007—APA Cables & Networks Future-Proofs FTTP Deployments: Cross-Connect Upgrade Kit for its OSP Cabinet Platform. Read more...

2007 Upcoming Events

Stop by our display at the following shows:

AMTA Equipment Expo
Choctaw, MS —April 3-4