> What does it do that PoE doesn't do infinitely better? For most of its life USB was only 5 V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Power
PoE is (mostly) 48 V: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet#Standard_implementation PoE also requires the use of either special PoE switches or power injectors, so at the time USB was first created it was cheaper & made more sense for PC and laptop hardware. Also, back then the USB folks were all like "4 different PoE standards?! That's ridiculous!" https://xkcd.com/927/ ;) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Ta4e584a373b05553-M1400218699cd447169fa0b16 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
