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From: phil@shl.com (Phil Trubey)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 10Base-T hubs
Message-ID: <1991Apr09.021426.12241@shl.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 02:14:26 GMT
References: <1548@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> <1991Apr08.171237.19978@shl.com> <1582@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
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In article <1582@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> jcrowder@GroupW.cns.vt.edu (Jeff Crowder) writes:
>>As fas as the hype being invented, every new installation that I've dealt
>>with (I work for a systems integrator) in the last year has been 10BaseT.
>>The *only* place where I would recommend coax is in a lab environment
> 
>Do you SELL the hubs you install by any chance ... ??? 

Yes, however we don't have exclusive distributorships with any particular
product - we can markup Ethernet transceivers as well as we can 10BaseT
hubs (on fixed price contracts).  

Interestingly enough, the reason for the majority of our 10BaseT 
installations is that our customers *ask* for it.

>                                                        In any event,
>I'll bet you haven't helped out with many installations at state
>supported universities in states where very scarce funds are being
>channelled out of education and into a presidential campaign fund...

Stripped of the jabs, you're quite right.  Universities tend to view
labour as cheap and capital equipment as expensive.  Most operating
companies operate exactly the opposite way 'round.  At least that's 
what I've found after working in both environments...

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