Network for distributing signals to a plurality of users

A method for installing a network for distributing signals to a plurality of electric user apparatuses in a building, said network comprising a distribution unit having a plurality of optical ports and a plurality of electrically terminated optical cables, each comprising an optical cable with a single mode optical fibre and an opto-electronic end portion mechanically and permanently connected to an end of said optical cable, said method comprising, for each electrically terminated optical cable, the following steps:

• a) inserting, from the side of the corresponding user apparatus, an optical end of the optical cable, opposed to that mechanically connected to the opto-electronic end portion, into a raceway of the building connecting the distribution unit to the user apparatus;
• b) making the optical cable pass along said raceway, pulling it by the optical end of said optical cable inserted into the raceway during step a), until it arrives in the proximity of a corresponding optical port of the distribution unit;
• c) optically connecting the optical end of the optical cable to the optical port of the distribution unit;
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• d) electrically connecting said end portion to the user apparatus.

A method for installing a network for distributing signals to a plurality of electric user apparatuses in a building, said network comprising a distribution unit having a plurality of electric ports and a plurality of electrically terminated optical cables, each comprising an optical cable with a single-mode optical fibre and two opto-electronic end portions mechanically and permanently connected to two opposite ends of said optical cable, said method comprising, for each electrically terminated optical cable, the following steps:

• a) inserting one of the two opto-electronic end portions into a raceway of the building connecting the distribution unit to the user apparatus;
• b) making the optical cable pass along said raceway, pulling it by the opto-electronic end portion inserted into the raceway during step a);
• c) electrically connecting one of the two opto-electronic end portions to the electronic port of the distribution unit;
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• d) electrically connecting the end portion, opposed to that of the step c), to the user apparatus.