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On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Michael wrote:
> You can use fiber for giga ethernet. I don't know why you'd want to but
> you can.
>
Distance. The signal loss over copper is far less than fiber optic. Also,
you can sniff transmissions in copper, you can't in fiber optic. By
sniff, I mean you can sense changes in the magnetic fields around a cable
when you transmit data through it (or there's any sort of signal).
--dlloyd
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