Re: : Anyone still has coax ethernet cable?

On 06/23/2014 01:35 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I know that the technology is obsolete, but I didn't know that it
> deteriorated on that timescale.

The problem is the plasticizer that makes the plastic flexible
evaporates over time.  This means the cable can become brittle and
break.  I have to toss a litter basket I bought over 40 years ago,
because the side cracked when I picked it up.  They just don't make 'em
like they used to.  ;-)


And yes, you may have to replace that TV cable sometime though, as it
doesn't move much, it will last longer than something that's always flexing.

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