Nice pretty and shiny PVC makes for a better picture in a variety of colors! All the outdoor shielded cable we've ever purchased is a boring flat black.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:12 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Vendors eating their dogfood (was Re: Which WiMAX Are You?) Wait why would patch cables look better then shielded cable and connectors..? On 9/12/09, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: > Those marketing photos sure look pretty though. They might also explain why > I keep seeing installs done just like the pictures. I had a bit of an > argument a few weeks ago on the UBNT forums with some folks defending using > indoor patch cable outside and not wrapping connectors. It started with > someone complaining to UBNT that the patch cable boots wouldn't fit inside > the bullet caps. (The answer from UBNT was that it was a tradeoff in the > design...???) Silly me, I said they were supposed to be used with outdoor > shielded cable, not patch with the boots. You wouldn't believe how many > negative comments came from that. Pictures of nice pretty blue PVC patch > cables and bright shiny connectors............. And now there is an army of > installers following these lies. > > We use outdoor, flooded cable with the static drain wire to an outdoor > shielded connector. All connections wrapped. It's not as pretty but I > don't work for Apple so I just care about it being functional and trouble > free. I would be more attracted to a photo of equipment with a correct > install. They are marketing to professionals, after all, and when I see one > of these photos, I'm like you and are too busy being distracted by the > things that are wrong. > > > > On Sep 10, 2009, at 11:42 AM, jp wrote: > >> Sidepoint.... Some of the wireless equipment vendors would likely >> create >> a superior product faster if they ran a modest sustainable WISP just >> big >> enough for real world product testing. Too often we see marketing >> photos >> of gear installed outdoors with shiny bare N connectors, indoor >> unshielded cat5 on the pole, etc... > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth." --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
