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 Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Roland Bless wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 15:53:09 +0100 "JORDI PALET MARTINEZ" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 >
