Eben King wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Chuck Hast wrote:
>
>> On 10/19/06, steve szmidt <steve@szmidt.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Plus it will not be susceptible to any interference. Now you can have
>>> as many connections as you want. (Once you buy the fiber optics
>>> nodes, which you should be able to do for a few hundred each. Then
>>> the switch to allow multiple connections. Plus the fiber tool which
>>> is only a few hundred. Of course the cable which is not too bad when
>>> you get a volume break.)
>>>
>>> But then you'll be sitting pretty! Imagine! One of the few who
>>> already have
>>> fiber to the home!
>
> [...]
>
>> I have my home on one end of my property and
>> my workshop/offfice/junk place on the other end with about 300 ft between
>> them. I have buried 1.5 inch pipe and run cat 5 through it, but of course
>> a lighting storm took out the hub on one end (spared the other though)
>
>
> Yeah, outdoor conductive LANs in Florida are contraindicated for just
> that reason.
>
You'd think that galvanized pipe would "solve" the problem by minimizing
the voltage difference between the two points. Of course, if you run
PVC, you'd have to run a ground wire through it and ground it thoroughly
at each end.
(Yes, I know that lightning can still strike and be transmitted
regardless. I'm just sayin'...)
Paul
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