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From: Erwane Breton <breton@erwane.net>
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Subject: Re: Collision on NIC
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> > 
> > Well, I don't see the problem.
> > 
> > My math says that that's .03% collision rate, which is so deep in the
> > noise as to be practically zero.  What do you _think_ it should be?
> > 
> Even Mr. Inventor of the ethernet himself regrets calling them collisions because
> that term has a bad ring people unfamiliar with the technological detail.
> 
> Pete

So there are no answers or solutions ?

Erwan