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"The snow has not yet left the earth, but spring is already asking to enter your heart." — Anton Chekhov
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‘CPanel’ Update Status
Welcome to our Godaddy experience. Since February 16 our website has been undergoing a major upgrade that enables instant updates across all time zones and all our social media platforms. Hopefully the bugs will be shook out by end of the month. We will still host our Daily Colloquia at the usual hour and our topics will remain as posted on our CALENDAR.
Overhead & Underground Communication Cabling
Today at the usual hour we engage with active standards setting for the the outside plant of merchant utility and municipal communication cabling systems that overlap with university owned communication systems.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Telecommunications Service Point
Educational settlements require a diverse approach to designing and implementing interoperability with merchant ICT service providers. The Telecommunications Industry Association develops new standards and curates a broad catalog of titles that guide best practice for "inside plant" and "outside plant".
Installation Practices for ICT Cabling
Information and communications technology is a fast-moving economic domain in which a mix of consensus and open-source standards form the broad contours of leading practice. All school districts, colleges, universities and university-affiliated health care systems have significant product, system, firmware and labor resources allocated to ICT.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Wires
Safe and sustainable electrical wiring is crucial for the safe and efficient operation of buildings, and it requires careful planning, skilled installation, and ongoing maintenance to ensure performance of conducting paths. Join us today at 15:00 UTC when we examine the state of best practice literature; largely the NEMA, ASTM and NFPA standards catalogs covering power wiring. With link to our "Metals Standards" and "Raceway" coverage.