Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common House Technology Cost Savings

[Brian Bartholomew (bb]

> So, if it is practical, I recommend running multiple strands of cat
> 6 to each house.

Is there a ground loop/lightning damage/fire safety reason to prefer
non-conductive plastic fiber between separated buildings, even when
buried underground?

A quick google claims the timing-based 100 MBit ethernet length limit
over copper is 100 meters.  A suburban density arrangement made from
100 Mbit or gigabit ethernet may not work due to wire length, total
repeater count, or both.  I'm sure there are off the shelf "campus"
ethernet wiring systems, but it won't be as cheap as an office lan.

                                                        Brian