Cabling Books

• Good Book:"Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring", by David Groth, Jim McBee (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Communications Cabling", by James Abruzzino (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"LAN Wiring", by James Trulove (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"Premises Cabling", by Donald J. Sterling, Jr. (amazon.com)
• Good Book:"The Cabling Handbook", by John Vacca (amazon.com)

Cabling FAQs and Glossaries

• Network Cabling Glossary (TechFest)
• Ethernet Cabling and Connectors (TechFest)
• IBM Cabling System Technical Summary (TechFest)
• Wire Gages (TechFest)
• Cabling FAQ Memo
• Cabling Glossary (Microtest)
• Hubbell Premise Wiring Glossary

UTP & STP Cabling

• UTP vs. STP White Paper (Anixter)
• Local Area Network Cable (Remee)
• Cat 5, 5e, 6, & 7 Overview (Siemon)
• 10Base-T Wiring Notes
• A UTP Crossover Cable Pin-out Guide
(UNH)
• Category 6 Cabling FAQ (Superior Essex)
• IEEE 802 Tutorial - Developments in Copper Cabling
• Wiring Tutorial for 10BaseT Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
• De-Mystifying Category 5, 5e, 6, and 7 Performance Specifications (Siemon)

Optical Fiber

• Fiber Optics Technologies (Mercury Communications)
• Fiber Optic Cable White Paper (Optical Cable Corp)
• Fiber Optics Info (Lascomm)
• Optical Networking Links (ORNL)
• MT-RJ Connector Information Page (Atcom)
• Relaxation Oscillation (Comm Sys Design)
• Photonics Resources for Scientists and Engineers
• The International Society for Optical Engineering
• All Optical Networking Consortium (LLNL)
• Siecor Introduction to Fiber Optics

Structured Cabling

• Structured Wiring How To (swhowto.com)
• Guide to the TIA/EIA-568A Standard (Anixter)
• Structured Cabling Systems Tutorial (Lucent)
• Structured Cabling System Starter Guide (Andrew Boon)
• TIA/EIA-568-A Telecommunications Cabling Standard Information (Hubbell Premise)
• EIA/TIA-569 Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces Standard Information (Hubbell Premise)

Cabling Resources

• Cabling-Design.com
• Ask the Expert (Donna Ballast) (Good info!)
• Hubbell Premise Wiring Technical Info
• MSI Communication's Cable Reference Guides
• network.wiring.com
• Networking Cabling Standards (Siemon)
• Physical LAN Attachment Cable Types (from IBM Redbook)
• Review of Digital Transmission Technology (from IBM Redbook)
• Cisco Cabling Specifications
• Cabletesting.Com (Microtest)
• BICSI Resource Library
• Wireville.com (Association of Cabling Professionals)
• Cable University (cableu.net)
• Network Cabling Help (Data Cottage)
• Cabling-Design.com

Cabling Standards Bodies & Associations

• Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
• Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
• BICSI: A Telecommunications Association

Cabling Articles and Publications

• Cabling Installation & Maintenance Xtra! Home Page
• Lightwave Xtra!
• Cabling Business Magazine
• What's in a dB? (Siemon)

Home Wiring Systems

• OnQ Wiring System
• IBM Home Director System
• Lucent HomeStar Wiring System
• Siemon Home Cabling System

Cable and Connector Suppliers

• AMP (connector supplier)
• Anixter (cabling & connector distributor)
• Atcom Services, Inc. (cabling products directory)
• Belden Wire & Cable Company (Ethernet coax & other cabling supplier)
• Berk-Tek (copper and fiber cabling supplier)
• Carlon (cabling conduits, raceways, boxes, etc)
• Champlain Cable (cabling supplier)
• CommScope (cabling supplier)
• Corning Fiber (fiber optic cabling supplier)
• Erico (cable fastening & fixing systems)
• Essex (cabling supplier)
• Hubbell Premise Wiring (structured cabling supplier)
• ICC - Premise Wiring Division (cabling hardware supplier)
• Krone (structured cabling supplier)
• Leviton (cabling hardware supplier)
• MOD-TAP (structured cabling supplier)
• Mohawk/CDT (cabling supplier)
• Nexans (cabling supplier)
• Optical Cable Corporation (optical fiber supplier)
• PacificCable.com (network cables and supplies)
• Panduit (structured cabling supplier)
• Remee Products Corp (cabling supplier)
• RIT Technologies (cabling hardware supplier)
• Siecor (fiber optic cabling supplier)
• Siemon (structured cabling supplier)
• Superior Modular (cable cross connects)
• Unique Fire Stop (fire barrier systems)

Cable Testing Product Suppliers

• Fluke Cable Testers
• Wavetek LAN Cable Testers and Verifiers

Cable Installation and Maintenance Specialists

• Arguss Communications Group
• Atlantic Netcom Ltd.
• bfdatacom
• cabling-contractors.com
• Coastal Computer Connections Inc.
• CompuNet Systems Solutions
• Computer Power Systems Inc.
• Comtech
• Connectivity Inc.
• Craig Communications
• Data Technologies Inc.
• Direct Communications Systems Inc.
• DirectConnect Cabling Systems
• Hilan Electric
• Integrated Computer Services Inc.
• ITT Network Systems
• Lan Pro Communications
• NetPlanner Systems
• Network Cabling Inc. (NCI)
• NetsWork, Inc
• Perfect Site
• Quality Cable Installations
• ST Communications & Cabling Inc.