XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2017-04-15 01:27, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> Tomos Davies wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> But most people don't live in mountains where the houses are perhaps miles   
   >>> apart but still in plain sight or where five hundred feet of cat5   
   >>> cable can be left undisturbed lying on the ground connecting the   
   >>> homes.   
   >>   
   >> You may want to check your local fire codes concerning that -- it's   
   >> against them here (Eastern US), due to the differences in   
   >> ground-potential, and that in the event of a short, the mains voltage   
   >> may decide the best path to ground is via the ethernet cabling.   
   >   
   > At those distances, I would thing fibre. At least, optical couplers.   
      
   Yeah, I didn't even catch he said 500' on first read ... surprised it   
   works, being 50% over the length limits imposed by the specs for copper   
   cabling.   
      
      
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