Is the rising cost of raw copper and cheap labour harming the Infrastructure market?
14-12-2006 According to the London Metal Exchange (LME), the price of copper has tripled in the past four years, rising over 59% between January and May of 2006 alone. With copper prices soaring globally and showing little signs of stabilising, network cabling companies have been forced to adjust copper cable pricing accordingly. These increased prices once swallowed by the manufacturers are now being passed through the system to the installers and ultimately ending with the clients who have noticed an increase in their cabling costs. Companies are facing difficult network infrastructure decisions. It is a well-established best-practice to install a future-proof cabling system capable of supporting the next generation of application speeds, but will this trend continue with the current rise in Copper prices. The total cost of ownership on 10Gb/s capable cabling is far better than lower performing options. While these full-lifecycle savings hold true even with increasing copper prices,
