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or is deemed as low tech, when in fact
it is essential in many critical situations;
air traffic control, hospitals, traffic lights,
communication. . . .
What happens when they go wrong?
Industry needs to recognise network cabling
infrastructure as the fourth utility and give it
the importance it deserves.
There should be tighter regulation to
help increase quality of service, be more
professional generally and allow customers
to feel more confident and trust the quality
of the installation. This is in addition to
helping to safeguard the industry, making it
more attractive for new talent; after all we
are in competition with other industries to
attract good people.
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What are the potential
implications of this?
If the network cable infrastructure is not
installed correctly and it goes wrong it is
hugely costly and inconvenient – you only
need to read the press about the impact of
cancelled flights, accessibility to online apps,
lock outs on government systems, the list
goes on. . . .
This is without considering any legal
implications that could occur, increasing
costs even more and absorbing valuable
time. Sure, not all outages are caused by the
network infrastructure failure as human error
comes into it too; however, it does highlight
several gaps that could be filled relatively
easily with regulation/certification.
Andrew Stevens, President and CEO,
CNet Training
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