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Date:      Wed, 8 May 1996 01:31:48 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        "Brett L. Hawn" <blh@nol.net>
Cc:        questions@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Home networks (or 10Base-T ways to annoy your spouse) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.93.960508011219.10998J-100000@sasami>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.93.960507170959.20852A-100000@dazed.nol.net>

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On Tue, 7 May 1996, Brett L. Hawn wrote:
> Actually a good kingston 8port goes for ohhh.. 150 retail and when you

Accton TP/8 hubs are around $115.  I've got 5 or 6 of them...
They are 3com TP/8's that come in an obnoxious yellow box and black
instead of white.  They wall mount and stack equally well.

I'm quite happy with them.

> consider the cost of the T connectors, the twistons, the replacements, the
> tols needed for cutting and stripping the coax, etc.. 

Belden rj45/rj12 crimper with both die is about um... $80+$25+$25
Belden coax crimpers are about $115.  BNC end crimps are about
$0.95/ea.  RJ45 ends are about $0.45.  I'm not in practice but
it takes me about 4 minutes crimp an rj45, and about 2 minutes for 
a bnc crimp. 

I'm not opposed to coax, but I've run into very few situations that it 
makes sense to use over utp.

> I will agree to that, however I learned a long time ago to always run at
> least twice the amount of leads you THINK you'll need :)

10bT is cheap.  You should pay b/t $80 - $100 for 1000' of AT&T or
Belden cable.  Labor is expensive.  Run a shitload.  Hell, run fiber
and leave it in the wall if you've a mind to. (Ok, fiber is a little
more expensive...)

Have a good one.

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