A soaring rise in home technology to be 1.5M tonnes copper a year market by 2030. New research, commissioned by the International Copper Association (ICA), shows copper use in smart home applications is likely to reach 1.5 million tonnes per annum by 2030. As soon as 2021, copper demand could more than double across the […]
Great Homes Have Great (Wired) Connections
Cut the Cable right? I see that a lot and yes wireless at home offers tons of convenience & flexibility, but it can also mean dead zones & signal drops. Trying to network all those gadgets around your home can get tough. The further you move from your router or put gadgets in areas with […]
Levi’s Get Copper Edge
World famous denim company Levi’s has gone wearable tech with a copper infused jacket. Two global companies-Levis and Google-have teamed up to produce a denim jacket that can keep its wearer connected to the digital world with just a few gestures. Levis Commuter™ Trucker jacket is the first to use Google’s Jacquard technology. Copper wire […]
Its Time To Ditch DIY Home Tech
I was shocked by new figures showing a soaring problem with broken home technology. Just as surprising-most try to fix it themselves or ask a friend to help, some do turn to a technical person and quite a lot do nothing about it at all. The do nothing group jumped 240% in just 12 months! […]
Do It With A Registered Cabler!
Australian cablers were at Integrate 2018 to highlight the stark difference between proper and poor cabling. Take a look for yourself! Click here!
The NBN’s Big Secret? Copper!
Half way round the world or Sydney to Perth? That’s some of the lengths of copper the NBN Co. has bought to help roll out faster broadband. According to the latest reports the NBN bought 4,478 kilometres of copper since just last October. Taking the total red metal purchased to around 21,000 kms all up. […]
John’s Blog – Rumours Of Copper’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated (apologies to Mark Twain)
Despite the outgoing NBN boss Bill Morrow blaming copper for a lot of the NBN’s ongoing problems, the red metal has never been so popular for building technology and cabling. In fact a new snapshot says the global structured cabling market size is projected to reach US $14.3B by 2025, growing around 8% each year. […]
Time For An Electrician?
Here’s 8 crucial questions to ask yourself about your home’s electricity system. Do circuit breakers in your home trip often or do fuses keep blowing? A home electrical system has these built-in safeguards to prevent electrical overload. Too much current causes the breakers to open automatically or the fuses to melt. When a circuit shuts […]
China Backs Village Wiring Safety
An ICA China led project to significantly improve the wiring safety in traditional villages has been green lighted by the government. ICA China and the Guizhou Housing & Urban Rural Development Bureau have agreed on a Traditional Village Electrical Safety Demo (TVESD), with officials accepting the proposed copper intensive home-wiring model for each of the […]
Data Driven Copper
Copper and technology is a huge topic these days, especially given its capacity to drive demand. And the boom in global data is right on message. A new study by iXConsulting points to massive growth in data centre capacity worldwide and with ‘hyperscale cloud service providers’ a big reason why. Copper has always been a […]
Is Our Home Wiring Up To The NBN?
The nbn co. just announced that it’s testing a new diagnostic tool aimed at remotely finding out whether a home has any wiring faults and particularly copper telephone lines in fibre to node suburbs. While some critics have suggested it’s just a way for the nbn co. to try to find other reasons for the […]
NBN Best On Cable Says iiNet
Leading Aussie broadband company iiNet says NBN broadband works best on cable not WiFi. A recent blog by iiNet is not only a great primer on just what the NBN is and promises to do at home, but shows very simply why how you connect is crucial. As they say: “Let’s talk about connections within […]
