CASEstudy KRONE Australia 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259 Phone: 02 4388 4422 Fax: 02 4388 4499 Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au Web: www.krone.com.au RAAF flies high with KRONE Australia TrueNet TM Copper cable solution surpasses fibre optic cost and performance benefits The Royal Australian Airforce's Amberley F111 airbase has just completed a significant network infrastructure refitting with a TrueNet system from KRONE Australia. The base was suffering network outages and data corruptions through a substandard cable infrastructure. TrueNet, a system guaranteed to be completely free from data errors in the cabling channel, was specified above a previously suggested fibre optic solution. According to Chris Smith, SE Queensland branch manager for installer Allied Technologies Group, "Because of the activities at the base, the infrastructure had to have a high security rating in an 'intruder resistant building'. We originally suggested a complete fibre solution, which would not be affected by electromagnetic interference (EMI), such as radar. However, while the cost of fibre was comparable with copper, the overall cost to the user after installation to the desktop would have been three times the cost of cable. "KRONE's TrueNET, which is a complete integrated package of cable and connectors, offered low impedance and far less reflection losses than other cables, and gave us comparable performance to fibre optic but at a lower overall cost." The project involved 50km of KRONE cable, 10km of steel conduit and 600 KRONE HIGHWAY dual outlets (voice and data). The cable is carried in the conduit, which was formed on site, all the way to the desktop. Because the conduit runs from the cabinets to the desktop, across three levels of the building, Mr Smith said it was a difficult installation. Nonetheless, the project was completed in two months. . CASE study KRONE Australia 2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261 PO Box 335. Help Desk: 1800 801 298 Email: kronehlp@krone.com.au Web: www.krone.com.au RAAF flies high with KRONE Australia TrueNet TM Copper cable solution surpasses