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Date:      Wed, 8 May 1996 10:58:30 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        blh@nol.net (Brett L. Hawn), darrylo@hpnmhjw.sr.hp.com, questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse)
Message-ID:  <9605081458.AA10811@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199605080114.KAA24747@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
References:  <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507161626.17452B-100000@dazed.nol.net> <199605080114.KAA24747@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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<<On Wed, 8 May 1996 10:44:53 +0930 (CST), Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> said:

>> The cost of reliable cat5 is so low as to be almost no different than the
>> cost of good 50/75ohm coax so I just can't see that as an argument anymore

> Hmm.  That's still kinda arguable, depending on whether you like to cut 
> your own cables, or buy them premade.

Or if you happen to be working somewhere that is rewiring all their
coax drops for twisted-pair...

-GAWollman

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