[159046] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandt, Ralph)
Thu Dec 20 14:10:24 2012
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 14:10:13 -0500
In-Reply-To: <50D356DB.5090809@mtcc.com>
From: "Brandt, Ralph" <ralph.brandt@pateam.com>
To: "Michael Thomas" <mike@mtcc.com>,
"NANOG list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Because MA Bell is still alive and well and they still use them. They
have divine right to provide phone service, didn't you know?
Ralph Brandt
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Thomas [mailto:mike@mtcc.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:20 PM
To: NANOG list
Subject: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
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
