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Lightning and Ethernet

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From: knight
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 1985 23:26
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     Have any of you had any experience with lightning strikes and their
effects on Ethernets?  We are planning an inter-building network and are
wondering if we should bag cable and just go fiber optics all they way.

     Sorry for rehashing this if its appeared before.

Thanks in advance,
Bob
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Subject: Lightning and Ethernet
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Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 18:26:52 EST
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