Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: cafl@lindy.stanford.edu (Carol Farlow Lerche) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: CENTREX/10BaseT Conflict Message-ID: <14985@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 27 Nov 90 07:43:11 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Research Libraries Group Lines: 5 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 848, Message 10 of 12 The problem with using an existing cable to carry both voice pairs and 10BaseT Ethernet is not so much inductive coupling getting ringing into the data but rather the possibility that a telephone installer will place a live phone line _onto_ your 10BaseT connection one day.