[62514] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Worst design decisions?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Eric Norman)
Thu Sep 18 15:07:02 2003
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 13:01:44 -0500
From: Nathan Eric Norman <nnorman@incanus.net>
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 02:39:51PM -0400, up@3.am wrote:
>
> Actually, as awkward as those rubber hoods are, what I like about them is
> that when you're pulling a disconnected patch cable through a rat's nest
> of wires, they prevent the plastic tab from being bent backward.
Not a shameless plug since I don't work for them or own any stock, but
Avaya makes a snagless cable with a second clip which hinges from the
back of the RJ-45 connector. Makes them easier to use as opposed to
hooded and regular vanilla cables.
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