DTECH Articles

11/05/2026

Why Fibre Optic Prices Have Increased in 2026

If you have priced fibre optic cable in the last six months and been surprised by what you found, you are not alone. From late 2025 into 2026, global fibre...

04/05/2026

The Complete Guide to Cat6A Cable: Speed, Distance, PoE and When to Upgrade

Cat6A — Augmented Category 6 — is the current recommended standard for new commercial structured cabling installations. Specified to 500MHz bandwidth and certified for 10 Gigabit Ethernet at the full...

27/04/2026

IP Ratings Explained: IP67, IP68 and IP69K for Industrial Ethernet Applications

IP ratings appear on industrial connectors, enclosures, and equipment throughout specification documents and product datasheets — but the numbers are not always well understood by the people selecting components. IP67,...

20/04/2026

How to Read a Cable Test Certificate: What Fluke Results Actually Mean

A Fluke DSX certification report is the evidence that a structured cabling installation performs to the standard it was specified to. It is what separates a certified installation from a...

13/04/2026

DTECH AV-Ready Data Cable: HDBaseT Recommended for Professional AV Installations

HDBaseT has become the dominant standard for distributing uncompressed AV signals over structured cabling in commercial installations. DTECH is a member of the HDBaseT Alliance, and the DTECH AV-ready data...

06/04/2026

DTECH Fibre Optic Systems: Everything You Need for a Complete Installation

DTECH supplies a complete fibre optic cabling system — from bulk backbone cable through pre-terminated assemblies, patch leads, pigtails, adaptors, splice accessories, and patch panels. Every component is available from...

30/03/2026

Fibre Optic Cable Construction: Tight Buffered vs Loose Tube

Tight buffered and loose tube are the two fundamental fibre optic cable constructions. Every fibre backbone cable — whether multimode or single mode, internal or external, four fibre or forty-eight...

23/03/2026

Why Copper Clad Data Cable Fails — and Why Pure Copper is the Only Specification Worth Installing

CCA — copper-clad aluminium — is one of the most persistent problems in the structured data cabling industry. It is sold as Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A cable at prices that...