Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dave Plowman (News)" Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Moving ISP Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2012 10:23:22 +0100 Organization: None Lines: 16 Message-ID: <52cae36bf2dave@davenoise.co.uk> References: <52ca75293edave@davenoise.co.uk> <52caa94063dave@davenoise.co.uk> <8e39e2ca52.cferris@cferris.freeuk.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: klXLk/gbtOhmgFdzW/CUHQ.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.04e (RISC-OS/4.39) NewsHound/v1.50-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:6373 In article <8e39e2ca52.cferris@cferris.freeuk.com>, wrote: > > Right. I obviously can't tell the difference between fibre and co-ax. ;-) > What does a fibre cable look like - 1 glass tube or multiple tubes- > surrounded by a protective outer? The stuff I've seen is pretty similar to co-ax from the outside, ie round. But then some twisted pair is round too. So I'd say the only way to be sure is to strip it back, if there's nothing labelled on the outside. -- *Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound.