RE: PBXs

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Calum,

At work we are only using fibre for the main links between buildings.
Everything within buildings is CAT5. Technology is constantly pushing the
boundaries of copper. A few years ago 9600 baud was about the limit for a
telephone line. Now they carry ADSL at > 2Mbit.

Fibre will have its uses, but I personally dont believe it has any place in
the home.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Calum Morrell [mailto:calum@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 30 December 2001 22:25
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PBXs


or maybe I have and I'm just teasing Stuart :P

Keith, what can be used on fibre at present? anything you design an
interface for I believe the answer is. both cat5 and fibre have
different limitations, and for the next few years at least it's still
going to be a case of cat5 appearing the best option ... but since I was
talking about future proofing, that's not really relevant.

More and more business are moving their networks to fibre, the costs ARE
REDUCING SHARPLY and will continue to do so as all products do the more
they are used. At the moment I am still running cat5 as I have little
other choice. If I was starting from scratch elsewhere, I would be
seriously tempted to run primarily fibre, probably with some cat5 for
current apps I need that hadn't been ported by that point. Then I would
start hassling people to convert their products to fibre until they gave
in, or stopped talking to me.


Calum