Beyond Bandwidth

In our season finale, host Roy Chamberlain sits down with guest host Todd Harpel for a brief discussion of insights from season 3, followed by a quick zoom-in on Leviton’s newest extended distance system. Chamberlain and Harpel explore:

• Key points expressed by guests across interviews
• Navigating the “wild west” of extended distance conversations
• Leviton’s PARADIGM™ extended distance over copper solution

In our penultimate episode of Beyond Bandwidth season 3, guest host Todd Harpel meets with Jim Davis, a Sr. Product Applications Specialist at Fluke Networks, to discuss the ins and outs of testing extended distance solutions. Harpel and Davis dig into:

• What qualifies as accepted results when testing a link for final qualification, and the installers’ experience with extended distance testing
• Evaluating PoE capabilities over extended distance, and the tests used to verify efficacy
• How extended distance tests vary from standard TIA-based testing, and the variety of test settings used in different scenarios and regions

In the penultimate episode of Beyond Bandwidth season 3, Roy speaks with Ron Kotwica, a Specification Engineer for Leviton Network Solutions. Ron supports and guides clients and the Leviton Sales Team with respect to client needs and issues for structured cabling, including PoE over extended distances. Roy and Ron explore:

• Ron’s experience specifying Leviton Solutions that are designed to support PoE beyond 100 meters
• What engineered link means for extended distance over copper, as opposed to typical structured cabling configurations
• When to loop in Leviton support when evaluating or redesigning extended distance infrastructure

In our latest episode of season 3, Roy speaks with Patrick Aldrich, a partner and Sr. security and technology consultant at ECC Technologies, and Cody Burgess, a principal and account manager of the rep firm Morgan Hill Marketing, both stationed in upstate New York. Roy, Patrick, and Cody break down: 

• How extended distance requests have evolved, and how that evolution affects network designs
• The solutions that have worked well for clients, and the challenges involved in deploying them
• Whether PoE is a limiting factor in extended distance design, and how to construct extended distance solutions that scale with future business needs

In this episode of Beyond Bandwidth, host Roy Chamberlain interviews Matt Schumacher, a Leviton Sr. Application Engineer who works closely with customers to ensure quality and an expert on Leviton’s ONEREACH™ solution. Roy and Matt explore:

• What Leviton’s ONEREACH™ solution is, and where it is best utilized
• Addressing grounding and lightning protection within the ONEREACH™ system
• The limits of POE, best practices aligning with standards, and device limitations

In the third episode of season 3, guest host Todd Harpel sits down with Diane Forbes, CEO of NIS, to explore extended distance from the client perspective. In this episode, Todd and Diane dive into:

• Conversations with clients on sustainable, high-performance extended distance solutions 
• The most common mission-critical applications that require extended distance
• The possible evolution of TIA standards to include extended distance over copper

In this episode of Beyond Bandwidth, guest host Todd Harpel sits down with Mike Dodds, a Leviton Testing Engineer responsible for hundreds of extended distance tests on copper and fiber. Todd and Mike explore:

• The effects that conductor size and temperature can have on the total distance supported
• Whether different types of transmission equipment also affect extended distance capabilities
• If a successful connection necessarily guarantees the required functionality

In our premiere episode of season 3, Roy sits down with guest host Todd Harpel, Leviton’s Sr. Director for Copper Solutions, to explore the concept of extended distance over copper. In this episode, Roy and Todd answer:

• How extended distance over copper is defined in the industry today 
• The history of extended distance applications, and why they’ve exploded in popularity recently
• The advantages and disadvantages of copper twisted pair cabling for extended distance

In Season 3 of Beyond Bandwidth, Leviton Network Solutions’ first podcast series, Host Roy Chamberlain explores the commonly accepted 100 m channel limit of structured cabling and how to exceed it with extended reach applications. Joined by new guest host, Leviton’s Sr. Director for Copper Solutions Todd Harpel, Chamberlain once again speaks with some of the industry’s top thought leaders to explore how extended distance applications actually work over copper – and how you can break the barrier with exceptional performance.

Host Roy Chamberlain and Leviton data center expert Mike Connaughton reflect on season 2 of Beyond Bandwidth. They talk about the experts interviewed, and highlight some of the key topics covered, including:

• Emerging AI solutions like hollow core fiber and new transceiver technologies
• The problem of power consumption and finding efficiency gains
• Standards bodies keeping up with AI advancements
• Geography, the power grid, and data center real estate trends