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- From: "Harry V. Quackenboss" <quack@quackenboss.com>
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- Subject: Re: Phone Wire
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:36:05 -0800
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
- Message-ID: <3128D125.5600@quackenboss.com>
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- Greg Stovall wrote:
- >
- > 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
-
- EIA Category 5 is now available in 500 ft rolls for less than
- fifteen cents per foot, and even less in larger quantities.
- At this price, you are buying insurance that you can run faster
- digital technologies coming in the next few years.
-