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From: haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: 10base-T
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.173302.319@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 91 00:33:01 GMT
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Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
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In article <2420@bnlux0.bnl.gov> drs@ax61.bnl.gov writes:
>Does it make sense to use 10Base-T in new construction where the expertise
>of the company is heavily weighted toward coax and fiber

Maybe.  If you have a new building then you don't have an asbestos problem,
which would be one thing forcing you to existing wire and 10BASE-T.  If you
have a truly free choice, then the advantage of 10BASE-T is that each machine
is isolated from the network by a repeater, and the disadvantage is that its
harder to wheel another machine into an office and plug it in.  We use some
of each; thin Ethernet in places with lots of machines in one room, and
10BASE-T where asbestos forces us to or where we're sure that one machine
per office is enough.

-- Walt Haas    haas@ski.utah.edu