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The Problem Of Unused Cabling

Posted by Hemos on from the wonderfully-old-copper dept.

Makarand writes "Technological advances constantly render functional cable obsolete by demanding data transfers at higher rates which older cabling cannot support. New cables that support higher data rates are laid right over older wires. The old wires are simply left in place and abandoned. This interesting article talks about the problems caused by abandoned cabling. According to an estimate several billion feet of abandoned cable lies unused in the plenum spaces of buildings that allow air to circulate creating a fire hazard. Also, very few firms currently worry about removing cabling when they move out of a building."

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  1. Re:-1 offtopic -1 flamebait -1 trolI -1 about /. by idontgno · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Alas, I've commented here so I can't mod, but I'd hook you up with -1 grumpy right about now.

    The mod system is irrational. Learn to enjoy its zen-like enlightenment. Striving to make sense of it will only give you grief, headaches, and sudden bloody diarrhea. (OK, maybe not that last one.)

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  2. Re:Cutting cabling by hacker · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "What's ridiculious is that people on /. still haven't figured out how to spell that word properly."

    Considering you botched it also:

    ridiculous
  3. Re:Cutting cabling by lucifuge31337 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Touche. But at least that's fat fingers and not ignorance.

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