This will avoid costly trenching and building penetrations later, when expanded services are required. Older facilities with cinder-block walls and no ceiling space for cabling present significant challenges and added expense. If you must run cabling along floors, do so only when it is housed safely in interior panduit. For high data traffic, for instance, Category 5 Twisted Pair wire is common. Coaxial cable, fiber and other forms of copper wire are suitable for most video and audio needs.
Distances also play a key role in determining size and type of wiring.
In most cases, a centrally located hub, or wiring closet, is selected to provide close access to and from connected rooms. Once again, prudent selection of the media to be used should involve careful weighing of current needs versus future demands. These include telephone and telecommunications jacks, data connector plates, coaxial cable outlets and other wall-mounted connectors for cameras, response devices and other peripherals. An unprecedented number of wireless solutions are available to users today, many of which provide both quality and cost-effective alternatives to conventional cabling approaches. VTEL, its partners and its qualified consultants are available to advise planners in this area and give direction for designs that will offer enhanced applications for future VTEL products.