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From: haas%basset.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Walt Haas)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: broadband high speed networking between buildings
Message-ID: <1989Sep22.194606.21917@hellgate.utah.edu>
Date: 23 Sep 89 01:46:06 GMT
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Well, to add my $0.02 worth to this debate,...

We have both broadband and fiber and are expanding both.  If *all* you
want is Ethernet connectivity over moderate distances by all means put
in fiber.  Where broadband has the advantage is that it lets us distribute
eight or so instructional TV channels, four kinds of data channel, and
controllable security cameras for the University police, everywhere on
campus with one installation.  The down side is the substantial cost
of adding an Ethernet onto the broadband.  Even in buildings where
we have broadband already we frequently pull fiber for Ethernet if there
is a relatively short hop to an existing Ethernet.  The cost of the
fiber extension runs around $4k, the broadband approach probably at
least twice that.

-- Walt Haas    haas@cs.utah.edu    utah-cs!haas