On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:04:24 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 06:13:20 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 01:15:49 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

DoN. Nichols wrote:

Well ... 25-pair cables *are* 50 wires, and the dots on solid
uniquely marked each wire in that count. (Aside from that, the two wires
in a pair were also twisted -- to minimize crosstalk to adjacent pairs.)
The twisting helps keep them together so you don't have to search
through 49 other wires to find the other half of a pair. :-)


Not only re he pairs twisted, but the twist rate varies from pair to
pair to reduce the crosstalk even further.

They probably researched the hell out of that to end up with what they
did. I'm sure digital/optical tech is even more heavily researched as
the 2.5Gbs trunks get over 40k conversations or 250 TV channels
simultaneously. (I'm sure it's much faster now.) Zimply Amazing.

Our local rapist, Centurylink, offers sizzling 5Mbs DSL to me at this
time. sigh

Thats what get from Time Warner as well as 13 channels of plain jane
TV for $79/month

I'm paying $74/mo for basic phone and slow internet, no TV.

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