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Volume 8
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NETWORK News
Volume 8 Edition 3
Case Study: KRONE in Antarctica .....4
Intelligent Building:
The Future, Now ................................6
New Appointments ...........................8
New Product: MASTERminder ..........9
Case Study: KRONE/Orange............10
ATUG Visits KRONE .........................11
KRONE Powers up Sri Lanka...........12
Minister Visits KRONE .....................13
BiCSi Conference 2001.....................14
Club KRONE......................................15
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Copyright © 2001 KRONE Australia Holdings Pty. Limited


2001 - The Future is Here, Now
By Craig Jones, CEO, KRONE Australia

We're almost halfway through 2001, the year that

was, 33 years ago, immortalised in the classic film
by director, Stanley Kubrick, in '2001 A Space
Odyssey'. It gave us a surreal insight into a
futuristic world of high-tech automation and
space-age lifestyle.
Kubrick died only months before we saw American
billionaire, Dennis Tito, become the first paying
passenger to go into space.
2001 is a reality and, while we're not quite in the
space-age realms of movie imagination yet, we
have
made
remarkable
advances
in
telecommunications technology.
KRONE's PremisNET C3 Intelligent Building solution
is the future, now. This issue of Network News
shows how it can Control, Command,
Communicate and Consolidate your facility's
Building Automation and Communications
Systems within the one cabling infrastructure.
The C3 solution not only helps building owners
enjoy great cost savings through the integration of
building management systems but, just as
importantly, it ensures that you can still segregate
the management of your facility's Data Systems
from those of your Building Automation Systems.
From space we take you to the Great Southern
Ocean and beyond. Ian Bruce from the Australian

Antarctic Division tells us how his organisation
relies on KRONE for communications to this vast
land. It is the driest, coldest and windiest continent
on Earth and our products provide the connectivity
infrastructure for the network that allows our
scientists to conduct research programs at the five
research bases.
Our 20th Anniversary celebrations have created a
lot of interest in KRONE and how and why we are

still successful in an Australian ICT R&D and
manufacturing
climate
that
has
been
disappointing for many. A group from the
Australian Telecommunications Users Group
(ATUG) toured our headquarters in March, and in
April, we hosted N.S.W. Members of Parliament:
Mr Paul Crittenden, Member for Wyong, and the
hon Kim Yeadon, MP, Minister for Information
Technology.
We continue to be committed to staying ahead of
the rest and, in this issue, preview our newest
product, MASTERminder. Using state-of-the art
plastic injection moulding, our local R&D team has
developed a unique, rack-mountable cable minder
that will, once again, reduce installation time
significantly for installers .

Our strong commitment to ongoing Research and
Development is clearly reflected in the fact that we
have produced, on average, thirty new products
every year since 1984, when we first commenced
manufacturing in Australia. All KRONE products
are manufactured to ISO quality and
environmental standards.
If you'd didn't have a chance to participate in our
HighTIME conference at Port Douglas, why not
bring a group of customers for a tour of our
Berkeley Vale R&D and manufacturing facilities?
We'd welcome the opportunity of showing you
how we develop solutions for your particular
environment.
I look forward to meeting you.

C.E.O.

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Telecommunications Connectivity Crucial
in the Antarctic Wilderness
Since the 1980's, KRONE solution has been an integral part of the
telecommunications infrastructure which allows Australian scientists to
conduct research programs at the isolated ANARE stations in
Antarctica.
Antarctica has no peer as a wilderness. This vast
land, nearly twice the size of Australia, and its
surrounding seas are dominated by nature, by

cold and wind, ice and snow. It is the driest,
coldest, windiest and highest continent on Earth.
The nearest point of Antarctica to Australia is
nearly 2,700 km away.
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is part of
the Commonwealth Department of the
Environment and Heritage. It maintains three,
year-round ANARE (Australian National Antarctic
Research Expeditions) research stations at Casey,
Davis and Mawson on the Antarctic continent
and one at Macquarie Island in the sub-Antarctic
Southern Ocean.
Each station is comprised of buildings including
accommodation,
scientific
laboratories,
workshops, stores and power houses.
The main telecommunications facility is
contained in the Operations Building which is
linked to the other station buildings by multipair
telephone cables for the telephone system, and
fibre optic cables for the Local Area Network
(LAN). A satellite link provides communication
back to Australia.
The telecommunications network allows
Australian scientists to conduct research
programs at the ANARE stations. They need to
transfer data between themselves and Australian
and overseas research institutions. It also allows
them to easily discuss theories and ideas with

their colleagues who are not in Antarctica.
The scientists study Antarctic biology, glaciology,
climatology,
human
impact, marine science
and atmospheric and
space physics and need
to transfer information
to
their
home
institutions.

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The network is also
used by support staff,
such as the communications technical officers,
diesel mechanics, electricians, plumbers,
carpenters or chefs to send and receive e-mail,
connect to the Internet or to phone home.
Ian Bruce is Senior Technical Officer
(Telecommunications), based at the AAD's
headquarters at Kingston, Tasmania. He is part
of the team that provides a telecommunications
system which supports Australia's research
activities in Antarctica.
"We are currently upgrading our cabling

infrastructure by replacing a Thinwire LAN and
Cat 3 internal telephone cables with a structured
unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling system.
The reliability of the connectivity components of
our telecommunications network is crucial.

"The move to a structured UTP cabling
environment provides more flexibility,
greater reliability and easier fault finding.
This ensures that the cabling network is
always available in support of ANARE
scientific and operational programs."
In January each year, the AAD recruits eight
technical officers (two per station) annually and
they spend one year at an ANARE station.
These technical officers maintain the entire
telecommunications network (satellite systems,
computer networks, HF and VHF radios,
telephone systems and other
equipment). They also install
and maintain the cabling
infrastructure. For larger
installation projects the
AAD may, at times, send a
technical officer who is
dedicated to that particular


project.
The biggest hurdle AAD has to overcome is the

inaccessibility of the ANARE stations during the
planning stages. Whereas for a project in
Australia, the designer or project manager would
conduct a site survey, this is impossible in
Antarctica. AAD relies on the information which
comes back from the technical officers in
Antarctica and the drawings of the installations
as they currently exist.
AAD then explains to the technical officers who
are about to go to Antarctica what the job
entails and how they should approach it,
keeping in mind that, in many cases, they
haven't been to Antarctica or seen the ANARE
stations before.
The principal lessons learned with an installation
of this magnitude are that planning is very
important, as is correct installation technique.
"Careful planning is essential. If something is
forgotten or lost we can't just go down the
street and buy a replacement," said Mr Bruce.
"The technical officers at the ANARE stations
have done an excellent job of installing the
cabling infrastructure in what can, at times, be
very difficult conditions. When working in
Antarctica, you must be flexible and adaptable.
We are extremely happy with the way the project
has been going."
KRONE products are an integral part of the
Australian Antarctic Division's telecommunications network.

"KRONE products have proven to be
reliable which is a crucial factor because
the ANARE stations are isolated for
approximately six months of the year
when the sea surrounding the continent
has frozen and it is not possible to send
replacement items to the area," said Ian
Bruce, AAD's Senior Technical Officer
(Telecommunications).

Above: Ian Bruce, Senior Technical Officer
(Telecommunications) at the Australian Antarctic Division
is pictured on the bridge of the ship, 'Polar Bird', at sea
among the polar icescape. He is part of the team that
provides a telecommunications system which supports
Australia's research activities in Antarctica.

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Intelligent Buildings Now a Space-Age Reality
By Peter Davis, KRONE's National
Sales and Marketing Manager

Blockbuster movies like 2001 A Space Odyssey, Star Wars and Star
Trek gave us an insight into the futuristic buildings and cities we
could expect to see in the new millennium.

While we haven't quite realised the various
predictions of an intergalactic travel industry by

this new century, the first private passenger has
paid $40 million for a return trip to the
International Space Station.

Balancing the need to minimise construction
costs with the need to provide a facility that
offers flexibility, comfort, efficiency and
responsiveness to the demands of its inhabitants
is a real challenge.

Our building technology, the development of
which owes much to the space race of the
1960s, is much further advanced. The Intelligent
Building System is here, now - and the price
ticket is geared to save money, not squander it
on a once-only experience.

More challenging still is the task of designing a
building that will actually reduce your ongoing
operating costs.

The life expectancy of the average
commercial building is 40 years and, over
that life cycle, the operating costs will
amount to more than the entire initial
cost of building it.
Why opt for an Intelligent Building?
Building a new business facility is a huge
financial commitment for any organisation and
keeping initial construction costs to a minimum

is always a high priority.

An Intelligent Building integrates your
facility's Building Automation Systems
and Communications Systems within the
one cabling infrastructure.
You no longer need to bother with the costly
process of installing and operating multiple
wiring systems to separately accommodate
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
(HVAC) systems, security/access control, lighting
control, public address systems, video, voice and
data services.
The adoption of an Intelligent Building solution
can reduce your initial construction costs for
cabling by up to 30 per cent. These savings are
achieved through reductions in project
management, labour and cabling costs accrued
during the installation phase - by installing one
standardised cabling infrastructure.
Operating costs - such as the moves, additions
and changes made to your voice, data and
electrical services over the life of a building - can
be reduced by up to 50 per cent when compared
to proprietary cabling system solutions.
A study conducted by the American Society of
Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
Engineers (Atlanta, Georgia) revealed that
money invested during a building's construction
phase to make operation more efficient could

create a 300 per cent return on investment.
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Intercom and Public
Address Systems
- Departmental
communications
- Interface/integration with
telephony system,
emergency control systems
and background music

Security Control
Systems
- Alarm system with
multiple inputs/outputs

Video Systems
- For CCTV, conferencing
or Broadband Television
services

Lighting and Climate
Control Systems
- Intelligent Lighting

Controllers (ILC)
- Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning Systems (HVAC)

Voice and Data Systems
- Local Area Network
(LAN)
- Telephony

Access Control Systems
- Integration via intelligent
Access Controller (IAC)

PremisNET C3 Structured Cabling System for Intelligent Buildings

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Intelligent Buildings Now a Space-Age Reality
continued

Add to these savings the increase in productivity
for the tenants of the building and numerous
other resultant business benefits such as
upgradeable
pathways
for
emerging
technologies, and the Intelligent Building is really
the only choice for smart building owners and

designers.
Premis NET C3 enables you to deliver the services of
tomorrow
Telecommunications is more than voice and data.
It takes in many other building systems including
climate control for heating, ventilation and airconditioning, lighting management for increasing
efficiency costs, security for access control,
surveillance and intruder alert monitoring and
audio for public address systems.
Telecommunications can carry all low voltage
signal systems that control information within the
Intelligent Building.

KRONE's PremisNET C3 Solution can Control,
Command, Communicate and Consolidate all
these individual building systems.
It not only helps building owners enjoy great cost
savings through the integration of your building
management systems but, just as importantly,
ensures that you can still segregate the
management of your facility's Data Systems from
those of your Building Automation Systems.
KRONE has incorporated features into the
PremisNET C3 solution that are not offered by any
other company. It is these unique features that set
KRONE's solution head and shoulders above all
other intelligent building solutions on the market
today.
For more information, visit our website at
www.krone.com.au to see the Intelligent Building

Solution Application Paper or call your KRONE
representative.

New Recruits for KRONE’s Sales Team
Gerard Pearson brings to
KRONE
20
years'
experience
in
the
electronics and telecommunications industries,
Most recently, he was
National Sales Manager
for
an
electronics
component distributor.
He began his career as a technical trainee at
Sydney's international telephone exchange
ultimately becoming a Technical Officer
possessing a TAFE degree in Electronics
Engineering.
Based at our Berkeley Vale headquarters, Gerard is
responsible for our national PremisNET sales team
located in state offices in Sydney, Melbourne,
Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

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Located in Perth, John McEwan joins the WA/SA
team as PremisNET Sales Executive with particular
responsibility for South Australia. He brings to
KRONE 24 years' experience in the telecommunications industry most of which were spent in
the Defence area. He has also worked as a
consultant in charge of the facilities management
of telecom-munications contracts in the same
industry.
Scott Whiston joins us as
Sales Executive, Queensland. He is familiar with
KRONE products having
spent four years in a sales
position with one of our
distributors, working with
electrical,
data
and
communications products.


MASTERminder Saves Time for Installers
Using our state-of-the art plastic injection moulding capabilities, KRONE Australia
has developed a rack-mountable cable minder that will save installers over 80% of
cable management looming time.

The new MASTERminder from KRONE Australia
eliminates the need for cable or Velcro ties, saving
on material costs as well as overall time spent on

the cabling infrastructure project. It’s excellent for
customers and installers alike.
The MASTERminder will suit KRONE as well as
most other commercially available brands of RJ45
Patch Panels.
It is widely acknowledged that there is more of an
emphasis on correct cabling practices and
maintaining the bend radii of cables as the
industry moves towards the adoption of Category
5e and Category 6 cabling standards.
Something as simple as a cable tie secured too
tightly, is of paramount importance to network
managers. We know from the tests we have
conducted for our own TrueNet Cat 5eT and Cat
6T end-to-end cabling solutions that cable
management at the rear of the patch panels plays
a vital role in ensuring zero bit error rates on a
network.
The MASTERminder is the only plastic moulded
product of its type available on the market.
Comparative products are solitary metal bars or
trays that depend on cable or Velcro ties to
manage the cable.

The New MASTERminder from
KRONE. The ultimate solution for
cable management.

The one-piece, injection-moulded, plastic
MASTERminder boasts the following features:

!

it is fully adaptable to 19” racks, allowing for
mounting on to most brands of patch panels;

!

it holds up to 32 Cat 6 UTP cables;

!

lock-in guides that are integral to the moulded
product hold cables in place without the need
for cable or Velcro ties;

!

it can be used in either Cat 5e(T) or Cat 6(T)
installations;

!

upright posts help maintain the correct bend
radii of the cable;

!

its height does not exceed 1RU, which allows
for multiple MASTERminders to be used,
providing a much tidier cabling system; and

!

the time required to install the cables is greatly
reduced.

The R&D people at our headquarters on the NSW
Central Coast identified a unique market
opportunity. No one else, here or overseas, has a
cable minder that will suit most brands of RJ45
patch panels, without the need for cable or Velcro
ties.
We also have multi-million dollar state-of-the art
injection-moulding machinery available to us 24
hours a day and the MASTERminder gives us the
opportunity to exploit those facilities to the
maximum.
KRONE Australia, as a company, is conscious of
the impact manufacturing processes can have on
the environment. Late last year we were certified
to ISO14001 for our environmental management
systems and we’re delighted to report that the
MASTERminder uses the exact amount of material
required with no leftover or waste plastic.

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KRONE connects the Orange CDMA
and GSM networks

By Robert Cross, KRONE's National
Sales Manager - AccessNET

Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited's goal is to be
a leading provider of wire-free services.

It is well on the way having launched its own
wireless service, using CDMA technology, called
Orange One, in 2000. Providing coverage to
around eight million people in and around
Sydney and Melbourne, this revolutionary phone
system is both a home phone and mobile phone
service in one. The company plans to expand its
operations to build a national high-speed wirefree network in all capital cities of Australia.
Hutchison also provides additional mobile phone
services using the Optus GSM network (called
Orange GSM) and the Telstra CDMA network
(called Orange CDMA).
Additional to the wireless services is a paging
and messaging service which was Hutchison's
core business when it started in Australia more
than ten years ago.
Clinton Fick is the Switch Engineering Manager for
Orange and responsible for the system engineering
for the different services Orange needs to carry on
its network.
He explains that, as a
telecommunications operator, Orange provides a
network which includes switches, or telephone
exchanges, for the mobile environment.

”To cope with the demands of our growth into a
national network, we opted for KRONE's City 80
distribution frame and HIGHBAND 10 disconnect
modules for interconnection of the carrier
equipment switches and base stations that
comprise the Orange network. “
”The decision was straightforward for us. Most of
our technicians, including myself, have used KRONE
solutions before and found them easy to use,
reliable, time-saving and cost effective. The Orange
brand was launched in a wave of advertising and
promotion and we were expanding so rapidly that
we didn't want to be hindered by a lengthy tender
process,” said Mr Fick.
“We're happy with our decision and will be
looking for more KRONE products when we
treble the size of our Sydney and Melbourne
installations in the not too distant future."

"When you are in a dynamic and
competitive market such as wireless
services, you need reliable equipment
that can be managed quickly and
efficiently," said Mr Fick.
"We were using a wire-wrap distribution frame
but it was proving to be clumsy and timeconsuming equipment to work with. It did
provide us with monitoring capabilities that were
beneficial for the paging and messaging business
but weren't really necessary for our next stage of

expansion.

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ATUG Visits KRONE
More than 40 members of the Australian Telecommunications Users Group Limited
(ATUG) spent an afternoon with us at our Berkeley Vale headquarters recently

ATUG’s Technical Services Executive,
John Pack, was impressed by the
KRONE quality control regime.

“It’s much more than a final
check of the finished product as
each phase of the
manufacturing process is
subjected to intense scrutiny,”
said Mr Pack”
KRONE has been a member and a
strong supporter of ATUG since 1986.
Our CEO, Craig Jones, took the
opportunity to brief the ATUG guests
on KRONE’s international direction

and provided an insight into how we achieved our
remarkable success in the export market in 2000,
despite the negative Australian manufacturing
trends reported in the business media.

Above: KRONE’s Peter Meijer (left) and John Pack and
Bob Lions of ATUG inspect KRONE TrueNet Patch Cords
as they tour the Australian manufacturing plant at
Berkeley Vale in NSW.

Peter Davis, our Sales and Marketing Director,
explained how our revolutionary and unique
TrueNet end-to-end cabling solution is the answer
for network managers concerned about
throughput losses due to impedance mismatches.
He demonstrated how tests by network analysing
equipment show the system can guarantee zero
bit error rate.
Peter also gave examples of KRONE in use with
some of our long-standing clients – Telstra,
SITA|EQUANT and the Australian Antarctic
Division – and showed the ATUG group how our
solutions span the entire telecommunications
industry, from the public carriers and ISPs to
private networks, to the SOHO market.

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Sri Lanka Powers Up with our KGH Range

Jeff Glen, Manager, Power &
Control Division, KRONE Australia

KRONE Australia’s Low Voltage Fuse-Switch-Disconnectors, Type
KGH, have been selected by the Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity
Board (CEB) to form a major component of the island republic’s
rural electricification strategy.
Fuse Switches, when fitted with fuse-links, are
used for switching and protecting low voltage
feeders (415V). They combine the functions of a
fuse, a switch and a disconnector.
Jeff Glen, the Manager of KRONE Australia’s
Power & Control Division, attributes this contract
win to our excellent representation in Sri Lanka
through Infotechs Limited and a well-engineered
product with more than ten years in-service
exposure in climates similar to Sri Lanka.
The contract was funded through the Asian
Development Bank and KRONE overcame intense
competition from eight formal tenderers from
Asia, South Africa and Europe.
Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated in the Indian
Ocean off the coast of South India, encompassing
a total area of 45,455 square kilometres. There is
only a small variation in temperature throughout
the year due to the country’s close proximity to
the equator. The average temperature varies
between about 23oC and 29oC, except in some
part of the central mountainous region where the
average is about 20oC.

With a population of 19 million, less than half Sri
Lankan households are electrified and great
numbers of them are located in rural areas that
are not served with electricity from the national
grid.
The CEB is solely responsible for power generation
and transmission in Sri Lanka. Power distribution
in the country is presently done by the CEB, Lanka
Electricity Company (another KRONE Fuse-SwitchDisconnector customer), and by about 35 local
authorities located in various parts of the island.
The equipment bought by CEB comprises 1000
Low Voltage Fuse-Switch-Disconnectors, 4-pole
assembly, rated 250A. Each unit comprises three
Fuse Switches and one Neutral Connector with
special inclusions, such as blown fuse indication.

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Proven Reliability and Safety
KRONE type KGH Fuse-Switch-Disconnectors are
fully insulated on-load switches for reliable use in
low-voltage Aerial Bundled Cable (ABC) systems
of open-wire overhead networks.
The switches are suitable for mounting directly to
transformers, power poles or building facades.
General rates are 450V and currents range from
100A to 630A.
Pole-mounted units (such as the type as selected

by CEB) are easy to use as they can be operated
from the ground by using a rod.
The fully insulated switch comprises upper and
lower housings constructed from weather and
UV-resistant, high quality, glass-fibre reinforced
polyamide compound..
All metal components are of
corrosion-resistant material which,
combined
with
a
robust
construction, gives a dependable
performance, even under harsh
environmental conditions
such as the tropical
climate of
Sri Lanka.


IT Minister Tours KRONE
Manufacturing Facility
Our state-of-the art manufacturing facility at Berkeley Vale on the New South Wales
Central Coast has long attracted the interest of our more prominent political
figures. KRONE recently played host to the hon Kim Yeadon MP, Minister for IT.

All three stages of development of KRONE
Australia’s Headquarters have been launched by
Premiers of New South Wales – the Rt Hon Neville
Wran, QC, MP opened the building in February

1984; the Rt Hon Nick Greiner, MP, opened the
first extension in March 1990; and, in August
1996, the Rt Hon Bob Carr, MP performed the
honours when we celebrated our new $7million
expansion.
More recently, in April, we hosted two Members
of the NSW Parliament: Mr Paul Crittenden, MP,
NSW Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier and
to the Attorney General and Minister for Industrial
Relations and Member for Wyong and the Hon
Kim Yeadon, MP, Minister for Information
Technology, Energy, Forestry and Western Sydney.
KRONE CEO Craig Jones, escorted the VIP’s on a
tour of our manufacturing plant and office
facilities where, amongst other things, they
expressed keen interest in watching Web
Application Developer, Adam Smith, add the final
touches to our new Club KRONE members’
website, www.clubkrone.com.au.

PremisNET C3
will make the most
technologically
demanding tenant
feel right at home.

PremisNET C3 by KRONE is the ultimate
structured cabling system for intelligent
buildings. It allows for the integration of your
facility's Building Automation Systems and

Communications systems on the one cabling
infrastructure while still maintaining their
segregated management. PremisNET C3 will
reduce operating costs, and is so responsive to
user demands that you'll attract tenants that are
out of this world.

Your Networks - Our Strength!

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BiSCi 2001 - An Infrastructure Odyssey
By Peter Meijer - Technical Training
Manager - KRONE

More than 200 delegates attended the BiCSi Australia/New
Zealand District Conference held earlier this year in Melbourne.

The presentation entitled 'Technology Avalanche
Theory - How does it affect us at the
infrastructure level?' by US-based Paul Andres,
President of Andres Investments and well-known
telecommunications industry figure, set the
futuristic tone for the Conference.
Paul reported that Internet traffic and thereby
its network bandwidth demand is doubling
about every three months - that's a 1000-fold
increase over the next four years as more users
go on-line at higher speed access and with

hungrier applications.

Internet traffic and its network
bandwidth demand is doubling about
every three months
At the same time, however, he said that each of
us will have to cope with 1000 times more
information.
His predictions captivated the audience as he
covered the future for wireless, high speed access
to the home, pervasive computing - machine to
machine interface; the human/machine interface;
and the wired world; as he took as on an odyssey
to the next stage in human evolution - cyber man.
The business part of the conference covered,
among other things, the challenges and issues
with certifying Category 6 permanent links, now
that the standards are specifying the removal of
the influence of the test leads. Cable installation
practices and their effects on network
performance highlighted the need for maintaining
high data throughput, while keeping the effect of
bit errors to zero. New generation optical fibre and
the move to 10 Gigabit Ethernet raised some
discussion on the distance issue which ranged
from thousands of metres to just 35 metres
depending on fibre types.

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Speakers included: Barney Tomasich, Anixter
Australia (The Latest in International Cabling
Standards); Mark Jackson, Allied Telesyn (Migrating
Legacy Networks); Rob Bertuch, Burtech Industrial
Environments (A Better Environment for Servers);
Mark Johnston, Microtest USA (Challenges and
Issues with Certifying Category 6 Links); and Ian
Lawton of Education Queensland (Connecting the
Smart State).
BiSCi Cares
BiSCi is committed to the region and the
community and this was more than obvious as
delegates and exhibitors delved deep into their
pockets and raised $15,000 for the Open Family
charity, a support service for homeless children.
About BiSCi
The BiSCi telecommunications association was
established about 17 years ago in North America
and has been represented in the Australia/New
Zealand region for two years. It has in excess of
20,000 members worldwide, with 450
throughout Australia and New Zealand.
BiSCi offers two advanced courses for
qualification as an RCDD and RCDD LAN
Specialist. The BiSCi RCDD qualification stands for
Registered Communications Distribution Designer
and covers a wide range of communication
technologies.

Club KRONE Members Praise Benefits
Club KRONE, KRONE’s customer loyalty program, is in
it’s third successful year. We asked several members for
feedback on what make Club KRONE such a beneficial
addition to KRONE’s client services.

A website would be good,
says Starnet

A chance to network is
important to me

Starnet has been installing KRONE product for
15 years. When Club KRONE was established in
1998, the four-man, Sydney-based company was
one of the first to recognise the benefits of
membership.

Cablemax, a two-man team from Brisbane,
joined Club KRONE when it was established.

"The Club KRONE point scheme is especially
good," said Tom Davis, manager, Startnet Pty
Ltd. "For every dollar we spend, one bonus point
is credited to our account, and we can redeem
the points to receive free product.
"I understand that you can now redeem the points
against KRONE training courses and we're

interested in taking advantage of that opportunity.
"Being a small hands-on company, we value the
industry and product information that comes
through to us via Club KRONE newsletters and
brochures. It keeps us abreast of what's
happening out there.
One thing I would like to see from Club KRONE
is a web page. I wouldn't have said that in the
old days - but these days, more electronic
communication via web pages and e-mail is vital.
We could use the Club KRONE web page as a
reference tool for our needs."

"I like the points scheme and, at the end of each
year, I receive a bonus - that's great," said Max
Adams, proprietor of Cablemax.
"I'm very happy with the Club and, in particular,
with the service I get from my KRONE
representatives. They have been extremely helpful.
I wasn't aware of the HIGHBAND 10 module until
we discussed some of my customers' needs. Now
I know the product is there, I will be using it for
my customers in the future.
"We're extremely busy and a small business so
it's difficult to stop and read all the literature that
comes my way. One thing I do, though, is keep
the Network News newsletter on my bedside
table and it's an easy way to catch up with
industry news and trends. The KRONE brochures
are good, too.

"Probably the most significant benefit to me
from Club KRONE has been the opportunity to
network with other people in the industry. I've
attended a few of the Club KRONE seminars
and, through them, have made some good
friends in Brisbane. It's important to be able to
meet and discuss your industry in general with a
good mate in the same field."

www.clubkrone.com.au

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Out Now! KRONE’s 2001/2002 Product Catalogue
The 2001/2002 edition of KRONE’s Product Catalogue is hot off the presses.
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1/42 Geils Court
DEAKIN ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6281 4580
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11 Preston Street
COMO WA 6152
Ph: (08) 9474 6600
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