In a message dated 07-23-96 GEORGE FLIGER wrote to DOUG JOORISH:
GF> As for range, my choice would be FDDI.  More expensive than Arcnet to be
GF> sure, but I don't think I'd run into any problems with signal
GF> degradation caused by cable length.  I think I could keep my LAN sites
GF> within the generous 20+ mile range allowed. 
If memory serves it was 20 km, for the ring with a 10 km limit between nodes 
using single-mode fiber and 2 km using multi-mode fiber, but if you have a 
node 4 miles from your main site as I do the ring traverses 8 miles getting 
there and back.  
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