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Fiber only in DataCenters?

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen at delong.com>

> A 24ga cat-6 wire can take millions of volts as long as you keep the
> amperage low enough.

No it can't; the insulation's only rated for 250V or so.  You get much past
a kilovolt and it will flash over.

Cheers,
-- jra
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