[tech] Re: UCC uplink network upgrade

David Luyer david_luyer at pacific.net.au
Wed Jun 11 22:45:34 WST 2003


> 	Well, we still have the option of upgrading the cable to
> gigabit later on without pulling fibre.

Yes, but 1 pair means if a single fibre core fails you're back
to cat5 until you have it re-run (at close to the full original
cost).

2 pair is a sensible minimum, and 4 pair is more common as a
minimum run (on the usual principle that it's not much more
than 1 or 2 pair).

David.




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