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Re: [802.3_EPOC] Study Group Questions



Alex-
Your statement below is a mischaracterization of history.
CSMA/CD was long gone from new, market relevant 802.3 systems by the time the EFM project was initiated. Further, CSMA/CD is not particularly well suited for the reach distances involved in EFM.

Geoff Thompson

On 31//12 2:46 PM, Matthew Schmitt wrote:
On 12/15/11 7:48 PM, "Liu, Alex"<alexliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

>  I do believe that market enthusiasm for, and acceptance
>of, this standard and its ensuing products should be our guiding
>principle, and not doctrinal orthodoxy within a standards framework. If
>things weren't so, Ethernet would have never abandoned CSMA/CD for
>first-mile applications.
>

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