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Sure it sounds neat, but it also sounds a lot like that xkcd about standards. Also, the 8P8C connector is just godawful. I mean, it's fine for the first 3 days
by encom 6y ago
Sure it sounds neat, but it also sounds a lot like that xkcd about standards.
Also, the 8P8C connector is just godawful. I mean, it's fine for the first 3 days until the clip breaks off.
https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- gruez 6y ago>it's fine for the first 3 days until the clip breaks off. Hasn't this been largely fixed by connectors that have a cover over the exposed clip?
- crgwbr 6y ago8P8C has the huge advantage of being pretty easy to terminate with some basic, cheap hand tools. I’d hate to try that with a USB-C connector.
- encom 6y agoThat's true, with the caveat that cheap crimptools are often terrible, and good ones are surprisingly expensive.
- snuxoll 6y agoEh, my “cheap” TRENDNet stip+crimp tool does the job just fine. I’m not a heavy user, but I’ve done well over 50 terminations with it and every time I’ve had an issue it’s due to myself doing a shitty job inserting the wires into the connector.
- kayfox 6y agoHDBaseT has somewhat consolidated the HDMI over twisted pair market, so you do have one more standard, but it replaces a dozen non-standards in the field.