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Aucbvax.6476 fa.works utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Sun Mar 14 23:56:52 1982 Ethernet Doomed? >From Ryland@Sri-Kl Wed Mar 10 01:09:45 1982 Date: Tuesday, 9 Mar 1982 13:44-PST From: guyton at Rand-Unix [ . . .] Liddle claims assertions of broadband cost advantages are "rubbish." Although many broadband components are the same type of units used for CATV transmissions, and are, therefore, produced in quantity at low costs, the broadband transmitters are relatively expensive and difficult to maintain on a one-per-work- station basis, Liddle says. Broadband systems also require a separate modem and controller for each terminal at each node, while Ethernet requires only one controller per node. This is nonsense. Ethernet also requires a modem and controller per node. He must have been misquoted or misunderstood.

Broadband also suffers in comparison to baseband during the planning stage, Liddle says. "You need a galactic plan to implement a broadband network because you must ensure systgem balance, since a strong signal can overpower a weak one." Drop cables to terminals must also be of the same length. This is also partial nonsense. Would someone from Sytek or one of the broadband companies please clarify?

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