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What about RJ45? Why it did not require any bureaucratic regulations to become the standard connector in network devices? I am convinced the less regulation in
by kukx 4y ago
What about RJ45? Why it did not require any bureaucratic regulations to become the standard connector in network devices? I am convinced the less regulation in trivial matters the better.
- toast0 4y agoIt was an existing standard, already mass produced that was unencumbered, convenient, and sufficient. Wired networking standardization tends to be lead by groups that want to use the technology and also sell it, rather than by groups that mostly want to sell it. There still were four competing 100M ethernet standards, and now a fifth 100Base-T1 has appeared (but targetting specific niches). If all that changed between USB1.0 and USB 4 version 2 (or wtf it ends up being called) was twisting the pairs more (more or less), the cabling issues would be less too.
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- jwdavidson 4y agoRJ45, part of the Registered Jack family of connectors designed by government-mandated telephone monopoly AT&T and codified in 47CFR-68 by the FCC, is free of bureaucratic regulation?
- kukx 4y agoIt has nothing to do with who invented the connector. The question is why it is dominantly used without being forced upon the users by regulations.
- nextaccountic 4y agoBut it was mandated by the government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_jack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_jack Telephones and other telecommunication devices have been mandated to use RJ connectors for decades!
- vel0city 4y agoIt's dominantly used because it was forced by regulations.
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- happyopossum 4y agoYour example proves the opposite of what you think it does - the market consolidated on USB and lightning long before the EU required it.
- thombat 4y agoBack in 2009? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/06/10-companies-agree-t https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2009/06/10-companies-agree-t... We were testing our software on smartphones around that time and were forever trying to find the specific charger for some phone (inevitably got left on a powerstrip when the phone was returned to the storage shelf) since even close sibling devices could have connectors that looked the same at a glance but differed by the addition of one pin, a small plastic lug, etc.
- scarface74 4y agoYou really think forcing standardization of micro USB would have been good? At the time, iPhones were still using the iPod 30 pin connector. I would have hated to be using micro USB over Lightning.
- ak217 4y agoThis is incorrect. The common EPS memorandum was signed in mid 2009 as a result of negotiations between the dozen dominant phone manufacturers at the time and EU. The standardization did not begin until the phone makers realized the EU was serious about this.
- jorvi 4y agoWrong. The EU told the market to regulate itself or it would force their hand at which point they would get no say in the process.