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From: amc@cup.portal.com (Alan Michael Crawley)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: 10baseT Installation costs
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Date: 6 Apr 91 19:03:00 GMT
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Alot of people are talking about the costs of 10baseT vs. cheapnet.

My company engineers and INSTALLS large (50-1500 user) 10baseT nets and cable
plants.   Also FDDI.

10baseT is only cheaper when the net is over 100 users big.  Savings is in
administration costs.(adds moves and changes) and existing wire savings.
Little departmental nets don't benefit that way.
Large nets also benefit from existing phone wire.  We do cable plant audits
to test existing wire for 10baseT.  Almost 100% is suitable for ethernet
if we change out the 66 blocks for 110 or Krone...plus a few other secrets.
Alan Crawley
VP Engineering
APEX COMMUNICATIONS - MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIFORNIA - 415-967-9200