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From: bob@rel.mi.org (Bob Leffler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: high speed networking between buildings
Summary: fiber vs broadband
Message-ID: <1241@rel.mi.org>
Date: 20 Sep 89 19:58:23 GMT
References: <4574@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> <337@ai.etl.army.mil> <19661@mimsy.UUCP>
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In article <19661@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
> >In article <337@ai.etl.army.mil> hoey@ai.etl.army.mil (Dan Hoey) writes:
> In article <4609@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> eli@spdcc.COM (Steve Elias) writes:
> >i'm not sure if 4 out of 5 networking cats would agree with
> >Mr. Hedrick's recommendation.
> I think they would---certainly so if they had experience with both
> broadband and fiber:
> 
> I am not up on the current costs for new installations of each.  It
> does seem obvious (which does not make it necessarily true) that it
> should cost less to use existing broadband facilities than to run new
> fiber optic lines, at least initially (maintenance costs add up fast).
> But fiber is much nicer, and should be cheaper in the long run.



I second Chris's opinion.  I support about 3000 users on a combination
of fiber, broadband, and thick ethernet.  Fiber has proven to be very
cost effective, both in installation and maintenance.  Because of this,
I'm in the process of moving the users that are on the braodband and
thick ethernet plants to our new fiber plant.

bob





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