Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!geneva.rutgers.edu!hedrick From: hedrick@geneva.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: high speed networking between buildings Message-ID: Date: 19 Sep 89 03:42:08 GMT References: <4574@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <337@ai.etl.army.mil> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 9 Broadband is an exception. My recommendation against copper was in response to a question about running Ethernet coax between buildings. Broadband is specifically designed for interbuilding work. I don't claim to know broadband technology in any detail, so I don't know whether it is as immune to lightning, differing ground potentials, etc., as fiber is. I'll defer to broadband experts for that assessment. My comments were intended for "normal" wires, things like Ethernet coax, RS232 cable, etc. Yes, we've had people run twisted pair between buildings. Eventually DEC got tired of replacing DZ's.