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The Telecommunications Closet (TC)
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Over the years the telecom closet has made many changes.
It has gone by many names.
- MDF – main distribution frame room
- IDF – independent frame room
- MPOE – minimum point of entry
- And of course the Phone closet.
The TC supports Voice applications, Data applications, Video equipment and, of course, Alarm hardware.
It is a very necessary room in regards to your communications now and into the future.
It should be determined in the engineering stage of your building design.
Where should it be located? Determine the size of the closet, verifying power requirements as well as environmental requirements.
In a lot cases this room is not available, for the building was designed to only cover the utilities from the street. This is called a utility closet. In the past, these rooms were used to house everything when it came to client’s communications. It housed numerous clients’ telecom hardware and infrastructure from the street. They also housed the janitor’s equipment and a lot of other items.
In this environment, it left client’s hardware vulnerable to theft, improper power requirements, and inefficient air flow and of course dust.
It is recommended that you work with a Telecom Consultant such as Fontes Telecom Consulting to ensure properly planning of your TC closet build out and that you have the proper location on where your TC closet should go. Make sure you get the industry specified power to the telecom closet and workstations. Again, consult your Telecom Consultant. This will ensure that your IT/Telephone/Alarm techs can have easy access to your working hardware in addition to keeping your costs down.
The Importance of the Telecommunications Consultant
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As the Telecom industry continues to change /evolve Business clients just can’t keep up with all the new services and hardware the industry has to offer.
In this being said, It has over whelmed the carriers customer service departments, in regards to finding out exactly what the client and or possible new client’s needs really are. This has led the industry into seeking the services of the telecom consultant to help assist these businesses. They have created incentives for the consultant in the hopes that this time consuming aspect of the process will be accomplished prior to a order being placed.
Which in turn makes the carriers more time efficient, leading to reduced costs (re: manpower) which then can be handed down to their clients. Allowing them to focus on creating better infrastructure and over all better service to the client.
Clients in turn benefit from this in regards to getting the circuits needed, the right hardware needed to work with these circuits, competitive pricing regarding services the carriers offer as well as the cost of the hardware needed. Client saves in regards to the time it takes to get something ordered as well as streamline the bills they receive there carrier on a monthly basis.
All resulting in a more stream lined process for both the client and the carrier.
Audio Visual conference room install Sacramento CA
Posted by: | CommentsFontes Telecom is presently in the process of installing a large conference room audio visual build out for Acorn Asset Management, located in US Bank building in Sacramento, CA.
Da-Lite drop down screen with Panasonic overhead projector.
