[PLUG] Docking Station! was: Right angle cat6

Bill Barry bill at billbarry.org
Fri Oct 26 14:35:22 UTC 2007


On 10/26/07, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> On 25 Oct 2007 23:22:03 -0700
> Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> dijo:
>
> > Ronald> I've seen networks crippled by 20-30% throughput by people
> > Ronald> "neatening" their connections, throwing harsh right angles
> > Ronald> into the mix, or cramming/crimping them all together with zip
> > Ronald> ties, or using poor lengths for patch cords (etc. etc.). It's
> > Ronald> fairly counter-intuitive, and meaningless for idle
> > Ronald> net-surfing, but if you really need to squeeze *every last
> > Ronald> drop* out of your cables, it's nice to know the dark arts (aka
> > Ronald> "standards based on science") for cable handling.
>
> > And this argues against my hoop staple idea exactly how?!
>
> I have no engineering degrees and physics was a long time ago, but I do
> know what "impedance" means.
>
> At the same time I have a substantial knowledge of the world of
> business, and I see a very good business opportunity here. The product
> I am seeking does not exist. If you went into business manufacturing it
> you would have a technical monopoly. Considering the interest on this
> list and the comments by PCHcables, it sounds as though one could make
> a tidy sum on such an enterprise. The real profit comes at the end when
> you sell the business and the patents to BigNameCorporation.
> _______________________________________________


Well, I still can't get those hoop things to work so I just turned the
laptop 90 degrees and now I have the ethernet port pointing in the
right direction. Taking John's suggestion, I have sent in the patent
application.

Bill



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