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Re: Port per Pillow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Technical Services)
Wed Sep 21 10:58:12 1994
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 10:27:11 -0400
Reply-To: Mark.I.Berman@williams.edu
From: Mark.I.Berman@williams.edu (Technical Services)
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
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> From: SMTP%"lunde@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Albert Lunde)" 21-SEP-1994 09:58:08.83
> Subj: Re: Port per Pillow
>
> I don't know how much it costs to, say, install unused fiber-optic
> cable. It might make as much sense to put in bigger cable trays and
> conduits, and wiring closets and run the media later. (One of
> our "mistakes" in the last rewiring was to save money by burying
> cable in trenches.)
Absolutely!!! I think this is an extremely important point. If plenty of excess
conduit, riser and cable tray capacity is present, it doesn't matter what the
next rage is ten years from now: it'll be easy to install. The worst problem I
deal with is buildings which were recently renovated or wired with lousy cable
and have no spare conduits or pathways to install new cable.
Great point.
- Mark
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Williams College, Ctr. for Computing
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