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From: hack@merkin.cactus.org (Greg Hackney)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Ethernet between buildings (was Maximum Ethernet length)
Message-ID: <569@merkin.cactus.org>
Date: 15 Jan 89 19:06:34 GMT
References: <10315@well.UUCP> <27196@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <13433@bellcore.bellcore.com> <15470@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: hack@merkin.cactus.org (Greg Hackney)
Organization: Grand Prairie, Texas
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>In article <13433@bellcore.bellcore.com> karn@jupiter..bellcore.com
>(Phil R. Karn) writes:
>>Your bliss may end the next time you have a nearby lightning strike. For a
>>few microseconds, you may find yourself with a 10kv potential difference
>>between your building grounds. Ask the network people at the University
>>of Delaware.

We ran fiber optics cables between the 15th floor of one downtown
building, and the 6th floor of another one a block away. Works well.
--
Greg