Fiber Optics, Test Equipment, Connectivity, Organizations............
This is a collection of links relating to our industry.   Fiber optics,  copper,  theory, standards, new products and more.........

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Magazines & Publishers
• Delmar Publishers, publishers of The Fiber Optic Technicians Manual and Data, Voice and Video Cabling
• Cabling Standards Update
• Fiber optic Product News Magazine (and they have a great links page!)
• Lightwave Magazine
• Electrical Contractor
• TED, The Electrical Distributor
• EC&M
• America's Network
• US Tech
• Cable and Wire Central
• Fibre Systems (UK)
• Outside Plant
• CED
• Communications Technology
• Electrical Advertiser Magazine
• Communications News
• CED
• Cable Foreman
• Electronic House Online
• Aerospace Engineering
• Product Design and Development
• Cabling Installation and Maintenance
• Cahners Publishing lots of technical magazines besides FPN
• Penwell Publishing more than Lightwave and CI&M
• Wire Technology
• Telephony
• Opto and Laser Europe (IOP Publishing)
• Journal of Optical Communications (Germany)
• European Product News and other European communications magazines
• News/400 (IBM) and other computer magazines
• Government Purchasing Guide

Professional Societies & Trade Associations
• The Fiber Optic Association a new professional society for fiber optics
• AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Department
• American National Standards Institute
• Associated Builders & Contractors
• BICSI
• Electro-Optics Technology Center at Tufts University
• The Fibre Channel Association
• Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC)
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
• International Engineering Consortium (IEC)
• IEC / CEI - International Electrotechnical Commission
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• National Fire Protection Association
• National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
• National System Contractors Association
• Optical Society of America (OSA)
• POFTO - The Plastic Optical Fiber Trade Organization
• SPIE
• Society of Cable Television Engineers (SCTE)
• Electronic Industries Association (EIA)
• EIA/TIA Fiber Optic LAN Section
• National Electrical Contractors Association Installation Standards
• Comm News' Guide to Industry Associations
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• IEEE Standards
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• International Society for Optical Engineering(SPIE)
• Electronics Industry Association (EIA)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Virginia Space Flight Center, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA
• Range Commanders Council

Trade Shows

The NECA Show (and their new Voice/Data/Video Expo)

The Comnet Show

The FOSE Show - April 8 - 10, 2006

Miscellaneous Pages
• Build It Worldwide - A comprehensive web site for all construction trades
• Excess Logistics - Broadband cable equipment and surplus fiber optic cable
• Jeff Hecht's Fiber Optic Chronology - a history of fiber optic achievements
• Global Engineering Documents - the source for almost every standard
• Sam's Sci.Electronics.Repair FAQ - An amazing amount of interesting info!
• The Internet Traffic Report - current statistics on the Internet
• Electric-Find - gateway to the electrical industry
• Mike Holt on the National Electric Code
• Everything you ever wanted to know about Ethernet!
• The Electrical Contractor Network
• ElectricSmarts
• CONWEB, a website created for contractors
• Intercom, Directory of Communications Companies
• Electricnet - a resource guide for the electric industry
• Optoelectronics World - Online Buyers Guide
• Broadband Guide - Telecommunications Equipment Resources
• UL - Underwriter's Laboratories
• RASCOM, the Russian Fiber Optic Network
• Listing of Telecom Acronyms
• DataCottage, a UK page on Network Cabling
• The Fibre Channel Industry Association
• Webopedia, an online dictionary for computers and networks

         Government Related

NASA Links

• NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC.
• Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA.
• Dryden Flight Research, Center, Edwards, CA.
• Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
• Independent Validation & Verification Facility, Fairmont, WV.
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA.
• Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX.
• Kennedy Space Center, FL.
• Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA.
• Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
• Stennis Space Center, MS.
• Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
• White Sands Test Facility , White Sands, NM

Navy Links

• Naval Air Systems Command
• Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division
• Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center
• Amphibious Force, Seventh Fleet
• COMNAVAIRPAC
• Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, CA
• Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
• Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
• Naval Observatory
• Naval Research Laboratory
• Office of Naval Research
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
• Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, FL
• Naval Sea Systems Command