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From: kincl@IAG.HP.COM (Norm Kincl)
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Subject: Re: Thinwire vs. Thickwire
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Date: 4 Oct 89 16:46:33 GMT
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You forgot to mention twisted-pair (IEEE 802.3 10BaseT).  In some
situations---especially office type environments---this can be the best
solution.  I forget the exact specs on it, but we run twisted pair from a patch
pannel to all the offices.  In addition to not having to have to string coax
around to everyone (just pull it along with the phone wire), it gives us the
flexibility to quickly patch any office into any subnet or bridged segment.
This is useful for us as people constantly move their office, yet not the
disckless cluster they are a part of.

-Norm Kincl
 Informatin Architecture Group
  Hewlett-Packard