Mark,
Funny you should say that! In about 1980 the Computer science department
at UT Austin was renovating its building and they brought in a
consultant to decide what type of network cable should be run. He
decreed, correctly, that twisted pair was the cable of the future.
Unfortunately, he couldn't foresee that telephone wire wouldn't be the
standard! There was at least 4 times as much cat-3 wire run than could
ever be used. This was the days of thick net and transceivers. He also
suggested cable trays throughout, as well as stacked wiring closets on
each floor. We went from thick net to thin net, then to cat-5, which was
there up until they tore the building down earlier this year. No telling
what they will be going with when the new building is in place.
We supported almost 1000 computers on our net in 5 different buildings,
which can really be a challenge. When I left there about 4 years ago the
campus network folks were trying to get us to use their network to get
our data between buildings. They said that our one connection to campus
was the busiest one on campus. Once I explained that we had 4 other
networks that were busier than that one they decided that we were fine
the way we were!
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Mark J Bradakis, On 6/20/2010 6:31 PM:
> I've been thinking about this myself. After years of renting a shop
> I've had
> to move The Fat Chance Garage back to the house. Or the garage out back,
> at least. I'm thinking I need to run a 220V line for the big
> compressor and
> the welder, a phone line and possibly a network cable if I want to keep
> a PC out there. Maybe even a coax from the TV antenna for the stereo.
> Extension cords just don't cut it.
>
> Luckily it is only about a 50 foot run, but I have been thinking of 1inch
> conduit - as others have said it could be better in the long run when it
> is time to recable. In my 24 years working in the Computer Science
> department I've heard "this will be the last cable we'll need to run"
> a few times too many ;-) Wish I still had that job, I could "borrow"
> some good cable...
>
> mjb.
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