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Re: [homegate] A new proposed charter (and name) for HOMEGATE

Andrew Sullivan <ajs@shinkuro.com> Thu, 09 September 2010 14:09 UTC

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Subject: Re: [homegate] A new proposed charter (and name) for HOMEGATE
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On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 09:42:26AM -0400, STARK, BARBARA H (ATTLABS) wrote:
> > > A home network can include a variety of data-link technologies, be
> it
> > > Ethernet, 802.11, 802.15.4 or power line communication.
> > 
> > Please add "MoCA" (over coax) to the list.
> 
> <sigh> Unless you want to add everyone's favorite physical layer
> technology, you may want to "genericize" all but the 2 most prevalent
> (Ethernet and 802.11). For example: "... Ethernet, 802.11, over coax,
> over power line, over phone line, or other wireless communication
> technologies."

How about just changing "be it" to "such as"?  Then the physical layer
isn't actually constrained but the text is understandable to those not
familiar with every possible permutation.

A

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Andrew Sullivan
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