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From: drs@ax61.bnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: 10base-T
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Date: 17 Jan 91 16:37:40 GMT
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I'd like to tap into your opinions. My company has a large installed base
of thick ethernet and fiber. We are putting an addition onto our
building, and a decision seems to have been made (without any discussion)
to wire the building with twisted pair wiring and provide 10Base-T access
to the network rather than coax. Doing this probably involves 5% of the
companies computers.

My questions are 1) Does it make sense to use 10Base-T in new construction
where the expertise of the company is heavily weighted toward coax and
fiber, and 2) Are there better alternatives than coax or twisted pair given
that we still want to use our current workstations on this network?

My impression had been that 10Base-T makes most sense where you have
an already installed UTP complex, or even where the organization had already
invested heavily in the technology. I could be all wet on this however.

Thanks for any help you can provide.

	< dave