Posted by Jeff Rife on 10/24/05 17:51

Jordan (lundj@earthlink.net) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> According to Wiki, coax was invented in 1884 (although the modern cable
> came about in 1929). What other technology from 121 years ago is still
> being used? Twisted pair telephone wire... guess what else needs to be
> replaced?
>
> I'll remind you also that we used to use coax for networking... gee,
> can't think of a reason we don't do that anymore, can you?

Sure, because unshielded twisted pair replaced it. So, we picked an
*older* technology for high-speed networking. Maybe if you thought about
things a bit, you'd see why this happened, and why coax is actually quite
a good cable option.

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