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From: skip@gatech.UUCP (Skip Addison)
Newsgroups: net.lan
Subject: Re: Ethernet Hardware Pricing
Message-ID: <12124@gatech.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 12:29:30 EST
Article-I.D.: gatech.12124
Posted: Sat Feb 23 12:29:30 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Feb-85 18:11:31 EST
References: <345@aesat.UUCP> <166@redwood.UUCP>
Reply-To: skip@gatech.UUCP (Skip Addison)
Organization: School of ICS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
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Summary: 

As has been mentioned by someone else, TCL transceivers are reaonably priced
at about $230 each or ~$150 each for the multiport variety.  When I buy cable,
I usually buy from my local cable supplier like Anixter.  Belden has been one
of the leading manufacturers of Ethernet, but they recently put a quality
hold on the coax because the innermost foil would bond with the dielectric,
making it difficult to remove for transceiver installation.  Berktec and others
also make the coax.  I usually pay 70 to 80 cents a foot for the stuff in 
1000 foot rolls.

We have about 150 transceivers installed on many networks with several miles
of Ethernet coax;  I tend to shop around.

I would NEVER buy one of the transceivers that requires cutting the cable for
installation.  We never have any problems with the vampire taps.


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