CCCA Begins New Initiative to Evaluate Patch Cord Performance to Drive Better Quality Assurance
Washington, DC – CCCA announced a new initiative to sample and test copper and fiber patch cords from commercial distribution channels for compliance to fire safety and electrical performance standards. This program follows CCCA’s program which evaluated compliance of communications cables to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) fire safety requirements and Telecommunications Industries Association (TIA) electrical performance standards. The previous evaluation program on communications cables identified major deficiencies and non-compliance of some lesser known brands of cable produced offshore and imported into North America, resulting in strengthened quality assurance measures by UL.
