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- From: rpalmer@airmail.net (Robert Palmer)
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- Subject: Re: Phone Wire
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 17:53:36 GMT
- Organization: customer of Internet America
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- earthstar@grumpy.magg.net (Greg_Blanchard) 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.
-
- >Please give my your thoughts and experiences on this.
-
- >Greg
-
-
- Type 3 will definitely be better than what you have from the sounds of
- it. You also need to make certain that if the voice cable crosses any
- electrical wiring that it does so at a perpendicular angle to negate
- any emf that might be radiated from the electrical wiring.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
-