Fall 1998
Main Articles
1. 3M's Fiber-to-the-Desktop "Copper Stopper" Now Offered by Ceitronics
2. Ceitronics Designs Communication System for Half Moon Bay High

3. Why the Project Management Model Best Serves Our Customers

Illustrations
1. Project Management Model
2. Copper vs. 3M's Volition Cabling System

Other Features
1. Newly awarded Ceitronics Projects
2. Volition System Components

Volition’s Bottom Line

• Volition is a fiber-to-the-desktop system that far surpasses the capability of copper wiring

• The Volition system offers greater bandwidth than copper, for applications like video conferencing, multimedia, and three-dimensional modeling

• The Volition system is an economical solution that is comparable in cost to copper

• Rewiring with the Volition System “future proofs” local area networks

• The Volition system is as easy to install as copper

• The new Volition VF-45 connector is user friendly and is becoming common on networking equipment backplanes

• Volition eliminates the need for numerous network equipment rooms

• The Volition System is immune to electro-magnetic interference

Copper’s Bottom Line

• Copper has limited bandwidth applications

• Upgrading existing copper networks often requires expensive cable plant replacement and redesign

• Copper cable is susceptible to EMI/RFI-induced errors

• Minor errors in installation techniques can effect the performance of copper networks

• Copper installations usually require telecommunication closets on each floor to hold network equipment, occupying valuable real estate

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