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- From: gstovall@bnr.ca (Greg Stovall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.fax,comp.dcom.lans.misc,comp.dcom.lans.ethernet,comp.dcom.cabling,misc.consumers.house,comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Phone Wire
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 17:15:51 GMT
- Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
- Message-ID: <4gab87$den@crchh327.rich.bnr.ca>
- References: <798.6622T1090T1309@th0r.foo.bar>
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- In article <798.6622T1090T1309@th0r.foo.bar>,
- Greg_Blanchard <earthstar@grumpy.magg.net> wrote:
- >I'm trying to replace the defective telephone wire installed in my new house.
- >
- >We recently added another line and the crosstalk is terrible. (Typical
- >Florida construction standards).
- >
- >I want to start with a line to my modem (naturally). My neighbor had some
- >wire left over from a computer installation and he thinks it might work.
- >
- >The wire has the following printed on it:
- >
- >AT&T-D DD 2001 004C 4/24 (UL) TYPE CMP
- >
- >The only thing that bothers me is that the conductors are all parallel.
- >There is no twist at all.
- >
- >Wouldn't "Twisted Pair" or Type 3 be better for a telephone wire that
- >will go 100' through my attic??? Since this line will go to my modem
- >I want to keep the line as "clean" as possible and UTP isn't all that
- >expensive.
-
- EIA570 specifies Cat 3 twisted pair for residential phone wiring.
- I've heard a rumor that Bellcore is considering upgrading the
- specification to cat5.
- --
- Greg Stovall (gstovall@bnr.ca) ESN 444-7009
- Advisor, ACND NORTEL Richardson, TX USA
-