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From: andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: 10Base-T hubs
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.221136.12326@jhereg.osa.com>
Date: 9 Apr 91 22:11:36 GMT
References: <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:
>In article <1991Apr08.171237.19978@shl.com> phil@shl.com (Phil Trubey) 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

Only a lab environment? You must realize that some sites are more spread
out than what 10baseT can reach. Sure, it will work for one floor of a
small to medium sized building, but sheer physics drives you up into
ThinNet, ThickNet, and Fiber when the physical seperation between nodes is
great. 10baseT just doesn't go more than 400 ft. The company I work for is
called upon to design nets for buildings up to a quarter MILE on a side.
10baseT is great for an office area, but you need something else for
distance.
> 
>Do you SELL the hubs you install by any chance ... ??? 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...
>
>>Phil Trubey                     |  Internet: phil@shl.com      
>
>Jeff Crowder, Network Guy and Grass Mower
>Virginia Tech
>jcrowder@GroupW.cns.vt.edu

The company I work for is "vendor inspecific" for just this reason. :-)
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