The problem is the vernacular language becomes so ingrained that you can’t be understood if you don’t use it.
1000 Mbps is neither a “bandwidth” or a “speed”, but using the technically accurate terminology won’t be understood by 90% of people. It’s so pervasive that even in informal discussions with other IT and communications people we use the wrong words more often than the right ones. It also leads to ambiguity. For example there are “Ethernet splitters” which just use the spare pairs to deliver two connections down one cable. Obviously limited to 100BaseT Example: https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Splitter-Adapter-Network-Internet/dp/B092DDYPYD/ref=asc_df_B092DDYPYD/?tag=hyprod-20 <https://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-Splitter-Adapter-Network-Internet/dp/B092DDYPYD/ref=asc_df_B092DDYPYD/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2109960817197677621&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005431&hvtargid=pla-2281435180458&mcid=fbbcfd9b12c83a07b478d3b2007451e3&hvocijid=2109960817197677621-B092DDYPYD-&hvexpln=73&th=1> &linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2109960817197677621&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005431&hvtargid=pla-2281435180458&mcid=fbbcfd9b12c83a07b478d3b2007451e3&hvocijid=2109960817197677621-B092DDYPYD-&hvexpln=73&th=1 So when someone says splitter now you have to questions to disambiguate because apparently it now also means a switch. Then they think you’re the dumb one because you had to ask questions. “Duh it’s a splitter, it splits the Internet signal from one IN to two OUTs. What are you stupid?” The most annoying to me is “extender”, “repeater”, “router”, “modem”, “hub”, etc. Apparently we can now add “splitter” to that list. Any of those words just means “box with blinky lights”, and you can’t tell what they’re talking about unless they can give you a model number. -Adam From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:06 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ethernet Splitters I chalk it all up to laziness on the part of the vendor, non-technical technical writers, and just cheap stuff pretending to be something it isn't. If you want and need a switch, get a damn switch. If they intersperse other terms like splitter or hub, stay away. -- bp part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 8:28 AM <ch...@go-mtc.com <mailto:ch...@go-mtc.com> > wrote: Coaxial T splits ethernet just fine. -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2024 8:14 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: [AFMUG] Ethernet Splitters I've been seeing Amazon recommend me 'Ethernet Splitters' They appear to just be a switch, but I'm guessing that 'Ethernet Splitter' Makes more sense to the commoners. I guess that makes sense from a marketing perspective. I've probably used the term splitter when describing a switch to a customer. I usually see 1-2 or 1-4 splitters. "1KMbps splitter" that just sounds impressive. -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com <mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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