Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!yetti!geac!daveb From: daveb@geac.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: FCC & Twisted-pair ethernet (was: What is Max speed...) Message-ID: <1753@geac.UUCP> Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 09:28:19 EST Article-I.D.: geac.1753 Posted: Mon Nov 2 09:28:19 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 3-Nov-87 02:38:42 EST References: <16064@topaz.rutgers.edu> <2174@kitty.UUCP> Reply-To: daveb@geac.UUCP (Dave Collier-Brown) Organization: The little blue rock next to that twinkly star. Lines: 24 | In article <16064@topaz.rutgers.edu>, ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: || Foo. Note that twisted pair Ethernet is a kludge. This high-speed || (Radio Frequency) unshielded twisted pair stuff is going to be put || to an end as this stuff is not going to comply with FCC regulations || on emissions. In article <2174@kitty.UUCP> larry@kitty.UUCP writes: | Actually, I don't believe that the FCC can do much about it. The | Ethernet transceivers certainly meet FCC emission requirements when used | in a proper manner with coaxial cable (as intended). | ... Wanna see something neat? Try running two separate Ethernet | circuits any significant distance in multi-pair telephone cable using | these balun transformers. Methinks the persons installing and using these kludges are going to have some explaining to do about all the QRM they're producing: The US FCC or our DOT may type-approve transmitters, but hams still get snarled at when they misuse them to the detriment of others. -- David Collier-Brown. {mnetor|yetti|utgpu}!geac!daveb Geac Computers International Inc., | Computer Science loses its 350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | memory (if not its mind) CANADA, L3R 1B3 (416) 475-0525 x3279 | every 6 months.