Chuck, Is the question how much $$ you'll make on the project? :-) ""Chuck"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > this is not one of those "I have a customer" questions, although "I have a > customer" is the starting point. > > A couple of years ago a small college installed a new cable plant consisting > of fiber for data and copper for analogue phones between their main telco > closet and a couple of dormitories. there are currently a total of 80 > analogue phones in the dorms. The idea was that dorm occupants would arrange > for their own telephone service, and use an analogue phone to connect to the > telco. > > Well, room mates being what they are, the college decided that rather than > continually break up fights resulting from disputes over telephone usage and > payment, they would provide the means for two phones per room rather than > one. Ah, but there is only enough copper between the buildings to > accommodate one phone per room. What to do. > > the customer's question to me - can he use the existing fiber to transport > the analogue signal to the main telco closet? > > Well, I merrily mulled this over, and came up with a number of very clever > solutions. But after having completed the work, it occurred to me that > because I was so jazzed at trying to come up with a solution, I neglected to > ask a very important question. > > So today's quiz, for all you techno gurus - what is the question I neglected > to ask? > > for extra credit - why is that question so important? > > Hint - consider the ways one might convert analogue to optic. > > Chuck
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