There is a difference between having a couple of hubs in the middle of a
table with a box of patch cables nearby (or bring your own) versus the
current carefully laid cable bundles with a drop at each seat. It's mostly
a question of what gets used or not. I remember not so long ago we had
LocalTalk connectors at every seat, but then again this was my 51st IETF
and it all starts to blur after a while :-)
Ole
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Roland Bless wrote:
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:53:09 +0100 "JORDI PALET MARTINEZ"
<jordi(_dot_)palet(_at_)consulintel(_dot_)es> wrote:
I believe that the terminal room, with wired connectivity, is no
longer needed. But the terminal room, as a place with tables, is very
I disagree here. Having a _stable_ (fallback) network access, especially when
shifting around larger files, is very convenient. I'm not in favor of
abandoning
the fixed net access (except if cutting down the costs require it).
Regards,
Roland