Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!bwdls61.bnr.ca!pww
From: pww@bnr.ca (Peter Whittaker)
Subject: Re: 10base-T
Message-ID: <1991Jan18.195049.23740@bwdls61.bnr.ca>
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Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
References: <2420@bnlux0.bnl.gov>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 19:50:49 GMT


In article <2420@bnlux0.bnl.gov> drs@ax61.bnl.gov writes:
>My questions are 1) Does it make sense to use 10Base-T in new construction
>where the expertise of the company is heavily weighted toward coax and
>fiber, and 2) Are there better alternatives than coax or twisted pair given
>that we still want to use our current workstations on this network?
>
>My impression had been that 10Base-T makes most sense where you have
>an already installed UTP complex, or even where the organization had already
>invested heavily in the technology. I could be all wet on this however.
>

Another advantage of 10-Base-T comes from its use of UTP:  normal phone wire
is UTP, so if you are building a new installation, ask the phone people to
lay the extra wiring:  they can put 2 UTPs from each desk to the wiring
closet(s), instead of 1.

If another contractor rather than the phone company lays the UTP, same
scenario.  They have the expertise, you jus tell them which wiring closets
you want to use.  If you move, the new tenants can rip out the computer
witing closet and replcae it with a phone closet, giving everybody two
independent phone lines :->.

Advantages abound.

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