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APPLICATION
R E P O R T
Utah State University
Meeting Tomorrow’s Infrastructure Needs Today with
KRONE’s TrueNet Structured Cabling System
®
In the late 1800’s,
settlers in Utah’s
Cache Valley had a
dream to bring
higher education
and greater
opportunity to the
people of
the then
rural area.
With little
more than simple pioneering spirit and
determination, they opened the doors of
the Agricultural College of Utah in 1888
to a handful of students. Now known as
Utah State University (USU), that same
founding spirit lives on today in Logan,
Utah where present day enrollment
exceeds 22,000.
Utah State University has a long and
decorated history of academic excellence,
with 7 colleges offering 230 degrees and
career options, including 88 masters and

32 doctorate degrees. The once diminu-
tive college is now one of the nation’s
most advanced universities with numerous
accolades ranging from more than 400
payloads sent into space (including more
student designed experiments than any
other university) to being the 16
th
most
productive scientific research facility in the
nation.
As a leader in technology academics, the
entire campus must have state of the art
learning facilities. In concert with the
University Central Administration,
Telecommunications and Telephone Services moved
forward with infrastructure upgrades. This unit of
telecommunications is part of the USU Office of
Information Technology Services, which is committed
to moving the institution to enhanced levels of
connectivity and functionality. From the original Old
Main Building of 1888, to the cutting edge Engineer-
ing Building of 2003, the university now boasts over
140 buildings with lecture hall facilities wired for
“When we
finished the
evaluation KRONE
was the best end-
to-end cabling
solution for all of

our criteria.”
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instant network access by all students
and faculty. To complicate the issue, the
university has a large distance learning
program that makes up 28% of enroll-
ment. To keep such advanced programs
and facilities moving, USU required the
most advanced communications
equipment available for high-speed
data transmission and storage. They
realized early on that everything begins
with the structured cabling system. The
new Engineering Building, commis-
sioned in 2003, was determined to be
the ideal facility to begin the upgrade.
The Bottom Line is Remarkably
Simple
Scott Wells, a certified RCDD and
Associate Director of the Telecommuni-
cations Department has more than 30
years experience in data and telecom-
munications. Wells knew the challenges
of supporting the new facility would
require the best equipment at every

layer. As part of the structured cabling
selection process, USU tested numerous
solutions and balanced performance,
price, ease of installation and availability
in their decision making process. The
only solution that met all of USU’s strict
criteria was KRONE. “When you get the
best performance for the best price, the
decision becomes pretty easy.” stated
Wells.
The University had planned to re-wire
the campus with 3 million feet of
Enhanced Category 5 (Cat 5e) cable,
because that’s all they believed their
budget would allow. “KRONE came in
with a premier Category 6 system and
said I could stay on budget. I was
obviously skeptical at first, and collec-
tively we had our doubts, but KRONE
really did deliver.”
Once the KRONE end-to-end system was
determined to be the best choice for the
university, the team sat down with
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Scott Wells standing in front of the Edith Bowen Building
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KRONE’s technical design team to settle
on the best Category 6 (Cat 6) connec-

tivity products for their needs and
applications. After careful consider-
ation of numerous options, the team
selected KRONE’s new Cat 6 HighBand®
25 termination block for its perfor-
mance, density and versatility.
Like all KRONE connectors, the
HighBand 25 implements KRONE’s
legendary LSA-Plus technology
incorporating corrosion resistant silver
plated contacts set at a 45 degree angle
for unparalleled reliability. When hard-
wired, the HighBand 25’s center patch
port allows for look both ways testing
and the unique ability to reroute
circuits by simply inserting a patch cord.
This process, called Patch-By-Exception,
allows the user to quickly reroute
circuits for temporary transfer, and
active testing without taking the circuit
down or inhibiting performance. If the
circuit is to remain, then it can be re-
wired at any time. To return it to its
original status, the patch cord is simply
removed--instantly returning the circuit
to its original setting.
This system is ideal for end-of-semester
maintenance when circuits can easily be
returned to their originally designed
locale. It also equates to a tremendous

cost saving on patch cords,
because only 10-15% of the
traditional number of patch cords
are ever implemented. The end
result is the cleanest, most
polished, and easiest to maintain
telecommunications closet. The
rat’s nests of unnecessary patch
cords are gone and maintenance
and record keeping are suddenly
simple. The entire telecommunica-
tions staff at USU immediately
took to the system. “This type of
versatility was simply not available in
other products. I love the KRONE
system and I don’t ever want
to go back to the 110 type
connectors we were using
before,” said Stephanie Roos,
Telecommunications Techni-
cian.
Having it All
For cable, USU chose
KRONE’s new AirES

cable
technology. AirES (Air
Enhanced System) represents
an incredible breakthrough
in cable technology. By

implementing numerous
patent pending designs and manufac-
turing processes, KRONE was able to
incorporate air channels into the design
of each conductor. The result is dra-
matically improved dielectrics,
which results in greater transmis-
sion speed and performance. So
extraordinary was this improve-
ment, it allowed the conductor
and insulation sizes to be re-
duced. The end result is a better
performing cable that is 32%
smaller!
This reduction in size, and the
incorporation of air also means
32% less material, which directly
translates to a lower fuel load in
all runs and plenum spaces. In the
event of a fire, the AirES cable lowers
the risk of flame propagation and
smoke generation, improving safety for
people, and highly sensitive and
valuable electronic equipment.
In some areas, the university has a
tremendous amount of three-quarter
inch conduit and as a result had
extremely limited space for new cable
runs. This naturally concerned the team
that the cramped spaces wouldn’t allow

for proper cable lays and would effect
bend radii and result in compromised
performance. As a result, they con-
cluded that they were going to need to
run all new conduit – an incredibly
costly proposition. But the KRONE AirES
cable is capable of being placed directly
in the existing runs saving the univer-
sity tens of thousands of dollars.
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The telecommunications team instantly realized
the benefits of a smaller, faster and safer cable.
“We received samples from other vendors of
their Cat 6 cables with a filler and they were
much stiffer than AirES”, said Wells. “AirES even
pulls better cold. The old Cat 5e we were using
was larger and stiffer than AirES Cat 6.”
Combined with the HighBand 25, KRONE
Category 6 station outlets and AirES cable, the
entire end-to-end system is covered under
KRONE’s revolutionary TrueNet system warranty.
Guaranteed not to create any transmission errors
within the physical layer (thanks to cable and
connector components that are designed in
parallel and matched electrically) and then
proven with on-site active testing. KRONE

warranties the system’s performance for 5 years
and all components to be free of defect for 25
years. A safer, better-balanced system simply
doesn’t exist.
The KRONE Difference
When prompted to point out what separated
KRONE from the others, Wells replied, “The
major thing KRONE did for us, that no one else
could, was the combination of features that
addressed all our needs; from the small diameter
of the cable to the superior performance. It fit
the bill for all of our issues.
“When we finished the evaluation it was the best
end-to-end cabling solution for all of our criteria.
The new Engineering Building was our very first
all KRONE application. We’ve since decided to
convert the entire campus over to a KRONE end-
to-end solution. KRONE has been the most
responsive manufacturer in the industry, carefully
listening to all the needs of their customers.
That’s the difference.”
For more information
For more information on what sets KRONE apart,
Patch-By-Exception, AirES, and the remarkable
TrueNet Warranty, please call 1-800-775-5766 or
visit our web site at www.kroneamericas.com
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4420 Old Main Hill
Logan,UT 84322-4420
Phone 435-797-1276
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