old modems & a packet switcher

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Mon Aug 3 12:11:28 1998

On 3 Aug 1998, Frank McConnell wrote:

> Some of us probably worked with this stuff back in the days when it
> was new (1983-1989 in my case). "Fun" is not the adjective that comes
> to my mind.

Yep.

> > How about running a T1 line between the
> > house and garage? With appropriate routing, its performance can be quite
> > suprising.
>
> Can you do this over dry copper, for short runs?

Yes. Perhaps a couple hundred feet?

> If so, would you want to? You mentioned in another post that you'd
> have to run conduit for FDDI, and that makes me think there might be
> some open space between hither and yon. Sure, you could run copper,
> but wouldn't electrical potential differences be a problem?

Shouldn't be. But you can find NIUs (or rip them out of the phone room of
your office building when no one's looking) that would provide the proper
conditioning and balance.

Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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