Tim wrote:
Tim:
Mikkel L. Ellertson:
It has to do with backward compatibility. Remember, the same jacks
are used for more then Ethernet.
I've read about that, but I really do not think it's a sensible thing to
mix phone and ethernet wires together in the one connector as a standard
thing to do.
Really? In the building I work in, all the jacks (4 per wall plate)
are RJ45. Go to a patch panel and can be used for either phone of
computer. If we go to ip-phones, then all the jacks are usable. If
there is a need for 3 phones and one computer at that jack, it can be
done.
It makes life very easy for the IT/telcom people. More options for
adds/moves/changes. I move offices and they only have to change the
patch cables for both.
--
Robin Laing
