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TIME
2001
INFORMATION NETWORKING
PRODUCTS SPEAKERS
BUSINESS CHALLENGES
FUTURE TRENDS
August/September 2001
O
ur HighTIME conference held
earlier this year revealed that
efficient data throughput is the
chief consideration of network
managers - not network speed.
Presentation after presentation,
indicated that network managers
were spending far too much of
their valuable time on finding
network faults.
According to research from
Gartner Group, 39 per cent of a
network manager’s time is spent on
managing faults created by
slowtime - even though he or she
has more important things to do. Network
managers should be concentrating on planning
for future network upgrades, keeping abreast of
new technologies and managing the IT team.

KRONE is expanding its optical fibre capability
as the Australian distributor for Optical Access -
a leading manufacturer of next-generation
optical wireless solutions. This article is featured
on page 9.
We’re delighted to be able to report that Air
Services Australia (ASA), a Government-owned
commercial authority responsible for the
management of air traffic control over 11 per
cent of the world’s surface, has chosen our
Premis
NET
TrueNet Platinum solution as its IT
infrastructure to take it through the next stage of
its development. For all the reasons I mentioned
above, ASA opted for TrueNet and its guarantee
of zero bit error data throughput.
From the premises network to the access
network - when one of the largest wholly owned
Internet Protocol networks on earth, WorldCom,
wanted to establish an Australian entity, it was
vital the carrier’s cabling infrastructure was able
to support every data service under the sun.
Communications infrastructure project mana-
gement specialist, MK International tells us why
it chose KRONE for WorldCom’s Australian
network.
We are committed to keeping you, our
partners, up to date with industry standards, our
products offerings and changes within our

organisation.
If you have any questions you need answered,
or topics you’d like covered, let us know. Call
your local KRONE representative or e-mail us at:
We rely on your
support and we’re here to help you.
Sincerely
Craig Jones
CEO
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NETWORK MANAGERS CRY OUT FOR
MORE TIME TO MANAGE
Business Articles
3 Ensuring Maximum Return on
Your cabling Investment
Product News
5 KRONE’s Expanded Fibre Range
10 Product Focus
Standards and Industry News
14 Beware of Power Feeding!
KRONE News
8 The Right Solution for all Markets
8 The VIC/TAS PremisNET Team
Expands
8 KRONE, a Good Fit for Rexel
9 KRONE Appointed Distributor for
Optical Access
12 A look back at the HighTIME

2001 Seminar
15 Club KRONE
Customer Stories
6 Airservices Australia selects
KRONE’s TrueNet for
Canberra HQ
10 Worldcom Selects KRONE
Website: www.krone.com.au
Email:
CONTENTS
Copyright © 2001 KRONE Australia Holdings Pty. Limited
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F
rom my many conversations with KRONE end
users about their companies’ dependence on
the information technology (IT) infrastructure, it
is clear that all of them have a near total
dependence on IT across all sectors of business -
whether they be small to large business
enterprises, educational institutions, financial,
health, commercial or government organisations.
Imagine if a call centre lost its IT capability, even
for a day!
Research suggests that organisations have
between 80 to 100 per cent dependence on their
IT infrastructure. Networks fail either from
downtime (total loss) or, as is more often the
case, ‘slow time’ loss.

In the case of downtime, a company’s loss can
be classed as nil productivity (idle staff still getting
paid) and revenue loss (earnings from lost sales).
The Standish Group (USA) estimates that total
LAN downtime can cost a company up to
US$13,000 per minute.
However, even though your network is up and
running, it can be draining you of revenue and
productivity. The green light on your computer’s
NIC card only means that you have established
an electrical connection. It does not
mean that you have sufficient
network throughput.
The Infonetics Group (USA)
estimates that of all productivity loss,
only 31 per cent is attributed to
downtime and a huge 69 per cent to
slowtime.
WHAT IS SLOWTIME?
Slowtime is when the network is
overloaded with data transmission to
such an extent that the whole
network’s throughput is slowed
down.
Broken or inferior cable, poor
connectors or patch cords,
mismatched components, impedance
problems, inadequate standards - all
of these are issues which impact on the
effectiveness and efficiency of your cabling

infrastructure and can therefore severely impact
on your business.
Zona Research (USA) determined that network
slowtime cost financial brokers US$33 million per
month and travel agencies US$28 million per
month. Poor load times for Web pages may have
resulted in as much as US$4 billion in lost e-
commerce sales, Zona estimated.
Almost 100% of businesses employ Ethernet
as their preferred data transmission medium.
One of the major designers of Ethernet, Robert
Metcalfe, said that when only one bit of
information is corrupted during transmission, the
entire packet of bits of information needs to be
retransmitted. This slows the network’s data
throughput down by 80%. Imagine spending a
by Peter Davis
Sales and Marketing
Manager
KRONE Australia
ENSURING MAXIMUM RETURN ON
YOUR CABLING INVESTMENT
“The collection, dissemination and analysis of customer information has
become an essential prerequisite of a modern operation. Technology is no
longer just an aid to the strategy. It is the heart of the strategy.”
— Paul Anderson, ‘A Call from the 21st Century’
If you have invested a million dollars in your IT
infrastructure and you have one per cent
retransmissions in your network, you are losing
$200,000 because of poor cabling connectivity.

million dollars on IT investments, only to get
$200,000 worth of return because of poor
cabling connectivity. That’s not a technical
problem. That’s recipe for a business disaster!
As business evolves in this rapidly changing
world so, too, does an enterprise’s reliance on its
IT infrastructure. The network must evolve with
the strategic future of the business firmly in place.
Network designers face the challenge of
balancing a number of different factors before
specifying any system: current business IT needs,
potential expansion, future demand, emerging
technologies and industry standards.
Instead of getting bogged down with fault-
managing, IT managers should be spending their
time on planning and advising business managers
A good high performance solution should be
invisible to the IT management team and be
warrantied for its performance.
If organisations have such a high dependence
on their IT infrastructure, how are network
managers spending their time?
According to the Yankee Group, a network
manager spends his or her time on: planning - 9
per cent; advising - 12 per cent; upgrading - 12
per cent; managing - 12 per cent; net monitoring
- 16 per cent; and fault monitoring - a massive 39
per cent.
Speaking at our recent HighTIME 2001
seminar, Peter Fernie IT Director of market

research giant, AC Nielsen, reported on the
improvements he has experienced since his
company installed the KRONE TrueNet Silver
solution in January this year. He estimated it has,
so far, allowed him to free up two highly skilled
IT technicians from cable fault-finding duties to
undertake other work.
At another conference, I heard an IT end user
listed his data cabling requirements as:
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the solution should be rated at least to
100Mbps (Note that he is talking in bits which
is a data term and not in Hertzs which is an
electrical term.);
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there should be some guarantee of
performance;
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there should be longevity;
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it should be able to handle increasing loads
from emerging technologies and corporate
growth;
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Instead of getting bogged down with fault-managing,
IT managers should be spending their time on
planning and advising business managers
0% 100Mbps 100%

1% 20Mbps 20%
2% 4Mbps 4%
3% 0.8Mbps 0.8%
5% 0.32Mbps 0.32%
Retransmissions
as percent of
network traffic
Realised Mbps
(Throughput)
Realised
Investment
THE PRICE OF POOR CABLING
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the solution should fit within his budget limitations; and
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it should be a structured cabling solution able to be
patched efficiently for easy maintenance.
Clearly, he is interested in making sure the data he sends is
transmitted quickly and efficiently but he does not have a
fixation with the electrical parameters of copper cabling.
Yes, he expects it to comply to industry standards but his real
interest is efficient data throughput.
His requirements mirror the questions you should be
asking of your cabling vendor. While the physical layer or
cabling might only comprise 5 per cent of an enterprise’s IT
budget, it can account for 30 percent of a network’s
downtime. The structured cabling solution is the vital

foundation for ensuring the Chief Financial Officer or
Managing Director achieves a maximum return on his or her
IT investment.
If you have a network that carries mission-critical
information vital to your business active testing is the only
true measure of performance. KRONE’s TrueNet Solutions
incorporate active testing before a 5-year guarantee against
slow time is issued. For further information please contact
your nearest KRONE office.
KRONE’s range of fibre cable has been
expanded to include outdoor loose tube cables.
This cable is available in 4, 6, 8, 12 & 24 core
counts in both Singlemode and Multimode and
is LSOH with nylon jacketing as standard and
with sacrificial sheathing also available.
For Premis
NET
fibre-to-the-desk applications,
a 4 port angled faceplate featuring keystone
mounting is now available. The product range
includes the addition of SC Simplex, MTRJ and
ST keystone mount couplers. The faceplate also
accepts keystone RJ45 outlets for copper
solutions with the SC,MTRJ & ST adaptors also
fitting the 6 port multimedia box and CEO
boxes.
For Access
NET
customers, KRONE has added
more than 200 different connectors, patch cords

and pigtails in E2000, SC APC & FC versions with
couplers to suit all variations. In-line attenuators
to suit SC,ST & FC also feature in the line up.
As the fibre range continues to grow the
opportunities for KRONE expand in both the
Premis
NET
and Acces
NET
markets covering the
home, office, and metropolitan networks
The last few months have seen KRONE introduce
several new lines of fibre products to further
complement our Premis
NET
& Access
NET
portfolios.
EXPANDED FIBRE RANGE
The IT manager is interested in making
sure the data he sends is transmitted
quickly and efficiently but he does not
have a fixation with the electrical
parameters of copper cabling
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Airservices Australia is installing KRONE
Australia’s TrueNet Platinum level Cat 6eT end-to-
end cabling solution over seven floors of its

headquarters in the Alan Woods building in the
Canberra CBD.
A Government-owned commercial authority
responsible for the management of air traffic
control over 11 per cent of the world’s surface,
Airservices Australia’s growth and the explosion
of technology has lead the organisation to
refurbish its headquarters, floor by floor. The
$500,000 project which incorporates KRONE’s
TrueNet Cat6 cable and Australian-designed
HIGHBAND RJ45 data outlets, Patch Panels and
Modules, will be completed by the end of 2001.
Five years ago, when Airservices Australia was
formed as a service provider for the Australian
airways, very few people could have envisaged
the levels of demand placed upon a
communications network. A tidal wave of e-mail,
Internet, Intranet and multimedia applications
challenges this infrastructure every day.
Airservices Australia was keen to circumvent
any difficulties caused by its own growth and
emerging technologies which could endanger its
mission-critical network, either by slowtime or
downtime. Two key departments in the
organisation with extremely diverse needs were
sharing one computer room: Comserve is a
carrier, responsible for connectivity to the world;
and IT Services looks after the enterprise’s
computer network in the building and major
connections to every capital city in Australia and

remote sites along flight paths.
The refurbishment enabled two computer
rooms to be built on separate levels and the
PABX was also relocated to a more strategic
position. The new network also allows the IT
team to more efficiently and quickly handle the
moves, adds and changes that are part of the
daily routine in a large organisation. Built into the
network is a further 25 per cent capacity to
handle increases in bandwidth requirements.
Already a KRONE customer for its Cat 5
solution, Airservices Australia was impressed by
the guarantee that came with the TrueNet
solution - it actually promised zero bit error rates.
Patrick Fleming, communications specialist
responsible for overseeing the data installation at
Air Services Australia, said: “We selected KRONE
products because of the guarantee. There were
other competitive bids for the business, but that
was really the decider.
“KRONE has guaranteed Airservices Australia a
zero bit error rate on throughput for five years
and the cabling infrastructure has a 20-year
warranty for parts and labour.
“Testing is a vital part of KRONE’s service. It is
the key to the TrueNet solution. They have
developed a methodology which tests the system
while it is operating.
“We’re just about two thirds of the way
through the project and they have tested 10 per

cent of the installed cable to ensure it passes
their stringent guidelines designed to eliminate
data retransmission.
“As the refurbishment commences on each
floor, they conduct a test. Even to the extent
that, as gyprock is installed, they test that the
segmentation of cables within the walls is
correct, prior to the second sheet being erected.
“I understand, even at this early stage,
slowtime - or time lost by retransmission of
information - has been eliminated,” said Mr
Fleming.
Peter Davis, Sales and Marketing Manager,
KRONE Australia, said: “Our customers need to
Zero bit error guarantee means no
retransmissions for this mission-critical
communications network.
AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA SELECTS
KRONE’S TRUENET FOR
Comserve is a carrier, responsible for connectivity to
the world; and IT Services looks after the enterprise’s
computer network in the building and major
connections to every capital city in Australia and
remote sites along flight paths.
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be confident that what they’re getting is the best
possible product to cope with present and future
needs.

“Mis-matched components in a network
reflect energy at the connection, reducing data
integrity and damaging the frame. The delivery
of these frames of information is impeded and
they must be retransmitted, slowing down
network performance.
“Whereas, with our TrueNet solution, all the
components are matched, allowing signals to
travel with minimum energy reflection and loss,
minimising retransmission of data and enhancing
efficiency.
“The current US and international standard for
cable-to-connector and connector-to-patch leads
connections allows a 30 ohm difference in the
components. The recently drafted revised
standard tightens this allowance to 12 ohms
difference. We think this is still too high as it
allows an error rate that can mean constant
retransmission of information, severely impacting
business efficiency and communications
effectiveness. That’s why our TrueNet solutions
have a maximum of +/-3 ohms difference and it
is why we can confidently give our guarantee to
customers such as Airservices Australia,” he said.
CANBERRA HQ
Airservices Australia was impressed by
the guarantee that came with the TrueNet
solution - it actually promised zero bit
error rates.
ABOUT AIRSERVICES

AUSTRALIA
Airservices Australia is a Federal
Government-owned commercial authority
responsible for the management of air
traffic control over 11 per cent of the
world’s surface.
Its principal functions are:
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air traffic control and airspace
management;·
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aeronautical information;
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communications;
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radio navigation aids;
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search and rescue alerting; and
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airport rescue and fire-fighting services.
Airservices Australia was established in
July 1995 under the Air Services Act 1995
and is within the portfolio of the Minister
for Transport and Regional Services.
For more information, please visit the
website at: www.airservices.gov.au
TM
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Premis
NET
VIC/TAS SALES
TEAM EXPANDS
S
imon McDonald and Peter Katsiaris have
joined our Victorian PremisNET team.
Simon is a PremisNET sales executive with
responsibility for Victoria. He brings with him
experience as an integrated systems specialist in
the area of building management, lighting
control, building and home automation.
Simon began his career as an apprentice
electrical fitter, before completing a a TAFE
course as a qualified A grade electrician and
currents specialist.
He also holds his BCL license for coax, Cat 5
and Fibre Optic.
Peter’s sales executive responsibilities cover
Victoria and Tasmania. He has been involved in
the networking cabling industry since 1989 as a
sales executive working in the South Australian,
Western Australian and Tasmanian region. Prior
to joining KRONE, he spent four years as sales
and marketing manager for a Victorian-based
supplier of networking products, an experience
which will certainly add value to his new
position.
KRONE
A GOOD FIT FOR REXEL

Rexel Australia is our newest
distributor for Premis
NET
products.
“We are a fairly late entrant in the data and
communications sector and we are committed to
becoming a serious player in the marketplace,”
said Russell Coward, General Manager -
Marketing, Rexel Australia.
“The KRONE set of solutions really completes
our product portfolio. We see it as a market-
leading product that has an extremely good
profile and reputation; it is well located within
the region and is used by the type of contractor
to whom our business is targeted.
“We also see the PremisNET range fitting into
other market sectors where we have some
expertise.
“With the change in video applications, we see
an opportunity with our Rexel Video Systems to
provide video over structured cable and fibre,”
said Mr Coward.
“There is also a huge opportunity for both
KRONE’s structured cable - and fibre in particular -
in the automation and control area for electronics
and industrial applications. Mining, petroleum,
factory automation, water movement are just
some of the industries we will be looking at.
“We’re looking forward to an exciting future
for both our organisations.”

Premis
NET
THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR ALL MARKETS
by Gerard Pearson,
National Sales
Manager, PremisNET
W
hether your enterprise is in the general
corporate arena, banking and finance,
government, defence, education, healthcare,
hospitality and tourism, or call centres, there is a
Premis
NET
solution tailored for your market.
For two decades we have been servicing the
needs of a variety of markets and worked with our
customers to develop and, indeed, customise
solutions for their special requirements.
These are just some of our valued customers:
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Corporate: Telstra, Siemens, Initiative Media,
Boral Tyres, AC Nielsen
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Government: Australian Antarctic Division,
CSIRO
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Defence: RAAF, APIN (Army Presence in
the North)
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Education: WA University, Sydney University,

Deakin University, Griffith University,
Pymble Ladies’ College
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Healthcare: Westmead Children’s Hospital
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Hospitality and tourism: the Westin Hotel,
Ansett Airlines
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Call Centres: Aussie Home Loans, Ansett,
Primus Telecom, Virgin Blue.
We’re conscious of the differing technological
needs of each industry or market sector and are
putting together specialist sales teams for each
category.
For more information on your market, visit our
website for the Application Paper suited to you -
or call your local KRONE representative.
Peter Katsiaris
Simon McDonald
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H
eadquartered in Denver, Colorado, Optical
Access is a leading designer, manufacturer
and marketer of next-generation optical wireless
solutions that facilitate a fundamental shift in
access network design. Its solutions enable
service providers and carriers to rapidly deploy
high-speed broadband access networks.

KRONE Australia, through its HIGHLIGHT
portfolio of products for both public and private
networks has been offering fibre optic
connectivity solutions since the early 1990s.
“We are committed to providing the best
possible solutions for both our carrier and
enterprise customers,” said Craig Jones, CEO,
KRONE Australia.
“Our partnership with Optical Access will
enable us to integrate optical wireless and
advanced switching and routing techniques with
our well-established KRONE HIGHLIGHT solutions.
“Our extended fibre optic portfolio also
complements our HIGHBAND and HIGHWAY
copper ranges,” said Mr Jones, “giving our
customers cost-effective and comprehensive
solutions for achieving the optimum broadband
capacity by utilising both wireless and wireline
products,” said Mr Jones.
Koby Bergman, Vice President Sales - Asia/Pacific
for Optical Access, visited KRONE Australia’s
Sydney office to sign the Distributor Agreement.
“We have successfully worked with resellers
and distributors worldwide for many years, and
are keen to forge new partnerships with leading
communications integrators that will quickly and
efficiently deploy Optical Access technology into
enterprise networks.
“KRONE, for more than twenty years, has been
the preferred supplier of wireline products to the

major carriers in Australia and, with its own
portfolio of fibre optic connectivity products, is
the perfect partner to help us achieve our goal in
Australia,” said Mr Bergman.
KRONE will be representing the complete
Optical Access product portfolio which consists of
fibre drivers and converters as well as
TereScope™, a family of scalable (up to 1.25Gbps
full duplex) optical wireless transmission systems,
OptiSwitch(tm), a new generation of switching
and routing technology designed to enable
bandwidth distribution and management for all-
IP networks, and MegaVision, an advanced
network management system. The products can
be combined to create the Optical Access Mesh,
a highly reliable, scalable broadband access
solution for the last mile
Optical Access demonstrated its new
TereScope 1000G, a gigabit-speed optical
wireless system earlier this month at
Networld+Interop, Las Vegas. At the same
event, it also announced the integration of
Power over LAN technology into the OptiSwitch
400 which will enable service providers and
enterprises to supply power via local area
networks, eliminating the need for a separate
power source at each data terminal.
Telecommunications design and manufacturing company,
KRONE Australia, is expanding its optical fibre capability
as the Australian distributor for Optical Access, Inc.

KRONE AUSTRALIA APPOINTED DISTRIBUTOR
FOR OPTICAL ACCESS, INC
By Trevor Kleinert
Business Development
Manager Fibre Optics
“Our partnership with Optical Access will enable us to
integrate optical wireless and advanced switching and
routing techniques with our well-established KRONE
HIGHLIGHT solutions.
Koby Bergman - Optical Access and Craig Jones - KRONE.
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From everyday phone calls to
advanced networks running over
the Internet, WorldCom tele-
communication services
underpin the success of tens of
thousands of businesses around
the globe.
The company offers services
ranging from telephone and fax
to Frame Relay and ATM data
services, to advanced solutions
like IP Virtual Private Networks (IP
VPNs) and web hosting.
Communications infrastructure
project management specialist,
MK International (MKI), was
responsible for building World-

Com’s Australian network.
“We carry out infrastructure
builds for WorldCom and
numerous other carriers,” said
Rod Cassidy, MKI’s Telecom
Services Manager, Australia/New
Zealand.
“We build such things as
transport rooms, fibre optic
networks, points of presence
(POP) rooms, data or web
hosting facilities and wireless
networks. No job is too small or
too large for us - we work on
projects ranging from $1000 to
$30 million.
“It’s essential that we achieve
a reliable and effective
distribution of circuits at a
reasonable cost for our
customers - and that’s why
KRONE products were chosen.
“For the WorldCom facility, we
used KRONE City 80 (“V” Series
V820) frames, HIGHBAND 10-
Pair disconnect modules and 15-
way 21” backmount recessed
frames.
“We had the benefit of being
familiar with the City 80 frame’s

extensive track record with
WorldCom throughout Europe
for many years. It has now
become the standard throughout
the Asia Pacific region.”
The KRONE products proved
so successful in the WorldCom
installation that MK International
is now using them on an
ongoing basis.
“We use the HIGHBAND 10-
When one of the largest wholly
owned IP networks on earth wanted
to establish an Australian entity, it
was vital the carrier’s cabling
infrastructure was able to support
every data service under the sun.
WORLDCOM SELECTS KRONE
FOR RELIABILITY, VALUE AND
21” RECESSED BACKMOUNT FRAME
The 21” Recessed Frames are capable of
holding three, nine or fifteen Series 2 or
HIGHBAND 10-pair modules. They are
recessed to allow better clearance for
doors on 21” cabinets.
“V” Series V820
(formerly City 80)
Frames
The “V” Series Frame is
designed to accommodate

up to 1,640 Series 2 or
HIGHBAND 10-pair
modules.
PRODUCTFOCUS
Ian Robinson, Director of Operations Asia Pacific for WorldCom
and Martin Vries Country Mnanager, Australia/New Zealand
for MK International.
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Pair disconnect modules for tying cables between facilities rooms; and
the City 80 Frames are used in POP rooms as a patch frame to distribute
customer cable,” said Mr Cassidy.
“The 15-way chassis units are used in various cabinets within technical
facilities and MKI has installed them in cabinets within customer premises
for various other Carriers.
“In all cases, the benefits brought by KRONE to our customers’
businesses are reliability, value for money and effective distribution of
circuits,” he said.
ABOUT WORLDCOM
WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a pre-
eminent global communications
company for the digital generation,
generation d, operating in more than 65
countries with 2000 revenues of
approximately USD$40 billion.
WorldCom provides the innovative
technologies and services that are the
foundation for business in the 21st
century. For more information go to

ABOUT MK INTERNATIONAL
MKI’s business is the project
management of communications
infrastructure rollouts, and has been
offering its services to the
communications market since 1991. For
more information, go to

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SEE THE SITES!
EFFECTIVENESS
HIGHBAND 10-PAIR DISCONNECT MODULES
These modules offer superior high-speed data and voice cross-connect
modules. Available in 8 and 10-pair disconnect versions, they enable
high-speed LAN and WAN systems to have the maximum headroom in
transmission performance.
HIGHBAND utilises the silver-plated LSA Plus contact principle. This
is proven technology which has become the industry standard in over
60 countries. The gas tight contacts ensure a reliable and long-lasting
connection.
These modules can be patched, jumpered or used in a Patch-By-
Exception configuration.
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ur HighTIME 2001 conference attracted more
delegates than ever before, all of them eager
to hear from well-respected business and IT&T

industry speakers on a diverse range of topics.
The feedback from our Evaluation Surveys attests
to the success of the event and the photos speak
for themselves.
The aim of our annual conference is to provide an
opportunity for our end-user customers,
distributors, installers, systems integrators and Club
KRONE members to network on a business and
social level.
The conference speakers were selected for their
expertise in particular technical aspects of the
telecommunications industry, as well as for their
business skills. The diverse range of seminar
presentations from our nine guest speakers as well
as our own KRONE experts ranged from economic
trends and smart wired houses through to a
customer’s experience of his company’s
implementation of the KRONE TrueNet silver
solution.
For the first time, partners were invited to meet
the people with whom their other halves do
Port Douglas in mid-May was certainly the
place to be if you do business with KRONE
Australia.
HIGHTIME 2001
A RESOUNDING SUCCESS
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business. They shared the social aspects of the

HighTIME conference such as the dinners as well as
enjoying a separate recreational programme.
Max Walker, test cricketer, VFL player, business
entrepreneur, TV sports commentator and
multimedia personality, entertained the group
during the ‘Gilligan’s Island’ theme night. To
everyone’s delight he stayed for the evening and
mingled with guests.
At KRONE we’ll be using the excellent feedback
and suggestions gleaned from our own networking
experiences at HighTIME coupled with the content
of the conference evaluation forms to formulate
our own business strategy for the future.
For information regarding HighTIME 2001,
including transcripts of the presentation, contact
your nearest KRONE office or e-mail Anna Lindberg
on
Thank you for participating in this event and
see you next time around!
Peter Davis
Sales and Marketing Manager
KRONE Australia
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H
owever, with the un-bundling of the
Unconditioned Local Loop (ULL) and the
installation of xDSL (digital subcsriber lines), this
d.c. voltage can also appear on building

distributors (BDs) and be carried from BDs to
customer equipment.
Also, this d.c. voltage can be present on the
terminals of the telecommunications pillars and
inside the RIM (remote integrated multiplex)
housings located in suburban streets.
If you, as a cabler with Open Registration, do
sub-contract work for a carrier or carrier service
provider, you need to be aware of the following:
POWER FEEDING
In the practice called Power Feeding, the voltage
carried can be up to 300 volts d.c.
Power Feed installations are protected from
accidental contact by human beings by being in
restricted access areas like exchanges or Building
Distributor and Floor Distributor closets and, in
addition, any KRONE terminating modules that
may be used, have protective plastic covers. The
cables used for power feeding are recognisable
because they are usually coloured different from
four-pair unshielded twisted pair
(UTP) or standard voice
telephone cables.
In Europe, the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU)
is looking at how best to define
the 300 volt d.c. level in terms
of LV (low voltage), SELV (safety
extra low voltage and TNV
(telecommunications network

voltage)
So far, the ITU does not like
the idea of fitting the Power
Feed installation regulations into the existing
voltage definitions because it is deemed to be
not as insecure as LV but not as safe as ELV.
REMOTE FEEDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Remote Feeding Telecommunications (RFT) is the
new proposed voltage definition for classifying
Power Feed voltages.
At this stage, all Power Feeds at proposed RFT
voltages (up to 300 volts d.c.) should be treated
as LV.
The ACA (Australian Communication
Authority) recommends:
"
there should be no shared sheaths for Power
Feeds;
"
cablers should keep 50mm safety separation
between Power Feed cables and
telecommunications/data cables; or,
alternatively
"
use a mechanical barrier between the two
types of cable.
KRONE Australia strong supports the ACA
recommendations and will insist that they are
adhered to for KRONE Warranty Sites for the
following reasons:

"
customers/end users may install xDSL
equipment that may use Power Feeds at RFT
voltages between nodes,
"
the RTF voltage may, in the future, be raised
from 300 volts d.c. to a higher voltage level
(with suitable voltage and current limiting
devices),
"
you need to install 500 volt surge arrestors
instead of the standard 250 volt arrestors if you
have already got 300 volts on the line.
The message is clear. Be aware of
telecommunications power feeding at RTF
voltages. Until further notice from the ACA, treat
them as LV.
For many years, Australian telecommunications carriers have been applying a
d.c. voltage on their lines. This voltage usually appears on the equipment in the
telephone exchanges where the trained technicians are aware of it and work
around it with the due caution that is normal within their work practices.
BEWARE OF POWER FEEDING!
HOW YOU SHOULD HANDLE POWER FEEDING IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
By Peter Meijer
JP BE MSc
Technical Training
Manager
Industry Liaison
Beware of power
feeds in racks.

Cablers sub-contracting work for
carriers or carrier service providers
need to be aware of power
feeding
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entitled to redeem your points against
KRONE products via our website -
www.clubkrone.com.au
You can save valuable time usually spent filling
in the Point Redemption Form and reduce the
possibility of fax transmission errors. And, you’ll
also be eligible for our special online bonus offers
which can save you up to 2000 points per
redemption pack.
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All you need do is log on to the Website with

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you will see immediately how many points you
have accumulated.
Then, you can either check your last invoice
processed by KRONE or simply click on the
Redeem Points Now section and a table appears
cataloguing products and point values.
The method of registering your redemption is
the same as that used when you fax in a
submission.
Simply enter the desired quantity of each
product into the ‘# of items required’ field, the
table will make its own calculations giving you
sub-totals and a final points total - saving you
even more time.
Then, make your redemption by clicking the
‘Submit’ button at the bottom of the page.
It’s as easy as that! Your form is in the Club KRONE
system and your products on their way to you.
If you’d like more information, please contact
me on free call 1800 456 166, fax 1800 456 266
or e-mail to:
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SPRING HILL QLD 4004
Ph: (07) 3236 9233
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KRONE VIC/TAS
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WHEELERS HILL VIC 3150
Ph: (03) 9560 0977
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KRONE ACT
1/42 Geils Court
DEAKIN ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6281 4580
Fax: (02) 6281 4453
KRONE SA/NT
Suite 11, 297 Pirie Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Ph: (08) 8236 0111
Fax: (08) 8232 6699
KRONE WA
Suite 46,
Como Corporate Centre
11 Preston Street
COMO WA 6152
PH: (08) 9474 6600
FAX: (08) 9474 3898
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Web Site: www.krone.com.au
KRONE’s 2001/2002 Product Catalogue
Most of you will already have received a copy of the latest KRONE
Product Catalogue. We trust you have found the new format
easier to use than ever, allowing quick reference to KRONE
product information.
To support the release of the printed edition, we have recently
deployed an online version of the catalogue on KRONE Australia’s

website, www.krone.com.au
The new online catalogue has seen many improvements from
the previous version, now offering…
"
Seven different methods of searching
"
Display of related products, as in the printed catalogue.
"
Colour coding for product families follows the same standard
as used in the printed catalogue.
"
Higher quality colour images
"
Descriptive icons showing: performance level, Premis
NET
solution, and network area.
Access the Online Catalogue in the same way as the old version.
From the KRONE.com.au home page just click on the “Product
Catalogue” link on the left hand side navigation menu.
Of course, the hard copy version is still available. For your copy
fill in the form below and return to us.