[159038] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joel jaeggli)
Thu Dec 20 13:43:44 2012
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:34:34 -0800
From: joel jaeggli <joelja@bogus.com>
To: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
In-Reply-To: <50D356DB.5090809@mtcc.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
the 8p8c connector is durable.
The connector predates twisted pair ethernet by a decade or more.
you could also ask about 1/4" TRS which is still in use albiet not in
phone systems for about 100 years longer.
On 12/20/12 10:20 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
> 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
>
