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RE: why haven't ethernet connectors changed?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Fri Dec 21 09:57:37 2012
From: Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu>
To: Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu>, 'Michael Thomas' <mike@mtcc.com>,
NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:57:21 +0000
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matthew black
california state university, long beach
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Thomas [mailto:mike@mtcc.com]=20
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 10:20 AM
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 eth=
ernet
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 ot=
her
cable has changed several times in that time frame. I imaging that if anybo=
dy
cared, ethernet cables could be many times smaller. Looking at wiring close=
ts,
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
