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why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Thu Dec 20 13:20:28 2012
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:20:11 -0800
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I was looking at a Raspberry Pi board and was struck with how large the ethernet
connector is in comparison to the board as a whole. It strikes me: ethernet
connectors haven't changed that I'm aware in pretty much 25 years. Every other
cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if anybody
cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring closets,
etc, it seems like it might be a big win for density too.
So why, oh why, nanog the omniscient do we still use rj45's?
Mike
