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Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > Definately. > > You most emphatically do NOT want copper going across your parking lot. > Besides the danger from lightning strikes and other electrostatic discharges > you run the risk of ground potentials differing significantly. You could > wind up with a significant amount of current flowing across the coax just to > balance building grounds. (This is why telcos insist on a single ground > point and have that point connected to an array of ground rods driven deep > in the ground.) Agreed. Fiber is Your Friend [tm]. Ground loops and potential differences will not only have you ripping your hair out, but you stand to lose DS-3 ports. Now some guy told me that such costs a bit more than the RS-232 & Ethernet ports I regularly see die, but that's likely just a rumor. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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