1. Webinar: Hotel Technology Infrastructure Prepared By: Darrin R. Pinkham, CHTP Mike Dickersbach, CHTP

2. These are some of the questions we hope you will get answers to from todays Webinar? 1.What are the proper ways to cable your property? 2.Why do you need proper cabling to make a property successful for the long term with ever changing technology requirements? 3.What are some of the trends with High Speed Internet that you should know about? 4.What circuits/connections are needed to make your infrastructure successful? 5.What protocols should you consider if you build the perfect technology infrastructure? 6.How many outlets is enough and where should they be located? 7.What wireless solutions will have all your guests loving the internet at your property? 8.How do you find the best partners to help you install the best infrastructure? 9.What are some of the other resources your might consider when researching Hotel Technology Infrastructure? 10.Q&A Hotel Technology Infrastructure Agenda

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13. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 1. What are the proper ways to cable your property? really good DOCUMENTATION is essential!

14. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 1. What are the proper ways to cable your property? really good DOCUMENTATION is essential!

15. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 1. What are the proper ways to cable your property? really good DOCUMENTATION is essential!

16. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 2. Why do you need proper cabling to make a property successful for the long term with ever changing technology requirements?

17. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 2. Why do you need proper cabling to make a property successful for the long term with ever changing technology requirements? Cable Types - The Simple Answer: a. CAT-5 is rated to 100M (M=Megs) b. CAT-5e is rated to 350Megs c. CAT-6 and CAT6e is rated to 550M or 1000M depending on your source d. CAT-7 is supposedly rated to 700M or presumably 1,000M Categories of Unshielded Twisted Pair

18. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 2. Why do you need proper cabling to make a property successful for the long term with ever changing technology requirements? CategorySpeedUse 11 MbpsVoice Only (Telephone Wire) 24 MbpsLocalTalk & Telephone (Rarely used) 316 Mbps10BaseT Ethernet 420 MbpsToken Ring (Rarely used) 5 100 Mbps (2 pair)100BaseT Ethernet 1000 Mbps (4 pair)Gigabit Ethernet 5e1,000 MbpsGigabit Ethernet 610,000 MbpsGigabit Ethernet Fig.1. Unshielded twisted pair

19. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 2. Why do you need proper cabling to make a property successful for the long term with ever changing technology requirements? SpecificationCable Type 10BaseTUnshielded Twisted Pair 10Base2Thin Coaxial 10Base5Thick Coaxial 100BaseTUnshielded Twisted Pair 100BaseFXFiber Optic 100BaseBXSingle mode Fiber 100BaseSXMultimode Fiber 1000BaseTUnshielded Twisted Pair 1000BaseFXFiber Optic 1000BaseBXSingle mode Fiber 1000BaseSXMultimode Fiber

20. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 3. What are some of the trends with High Speed Internet that you should know about? Mesh Networking - WiMax

21. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 3. What are some of the trends with High Speed Internet that you should know about? StandardMax SpeedTypical Range 802.11a54 Mbps150 feet 802.11b11 Mbps300 feet 802.11g54 Mbps300 feet 802.11n100 Mbps300+ feet Mesh Networking - WiMax

22. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 4. What circuits/connections are needed to make your infrastructure successful?

23. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 4. What circuits/connections are needed to make your infrastructure successful? Redundancy!

24. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 5. What protocols should you consider if you build the perfect technology infrastructure? Are you going to go with VoIP/Analog/Digital/some Hybrid solution??? With Copper?, Fiber?, Hybrid?, etc…

25. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 6. How many outlets is enough and where should they be located? You can never have too many outlets…

26. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 7. What wireless solutions will have your entire guest loves the internet at your property?

27. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 8. How do you find the best partners to help you install the best infrastructure? You need someone to connect the dots for you…

28. Hotel Technology Infrastructure 9. What are some of the other resources your might consider when researching Hotel Technology Infrastructure? AH&LA: Technology & e-Business Committee Primer Series: http://www.ahla.com/content.aspx?id=3630&terms=technology+primers Hospitality Financial Technology Professionals: www.hftp.org Hotel Technology Next Generation: http://www.htng.org/ International Society of Hospitality Consultants: http://www.ishc.com/

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