[Gllug] The Network is the Computer?

[John Hearns]

Gordon Joly wrote:

> At 11:38 +0000 2001-09-06, Jim Bailey wrote:
>
>> Hi Formi,
>>
>> On Thursday, September 6, 2001, at 12:07 PM, Formi wrote:
>>
>>>  Anyway, is there any problem with only 10Mbit cards, why is everyone
>>>  suggesting 10/100. In my case there is no reason why I would need
>>>  a 100Mbit.
>>
>>
>> 10/100 will last you another few years 10 base is IMHO already 
>> obsolete.  One of the first things I did when I started here was rip 
>> out all the 10 base hubs here and replaced with 10/100.  The 
>> improvement in network performance was worth the extra cost 
>> particularly in an outfit like ours, where the users are constantly 
>> slinging bloody great graphics files to each other across the network.
>
>
> So why stop ay 100 Megabits? Put in ATM at 600+ Megabits?

Ahhh..... a man after my own heart.
ATM to the desktop, I feel all warm and fuzzy.



(BTW, we run gigabit ethernet to the desktop in a fair few cases in 
these parts.
Still would prefer ATM though. Sniffle....)






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