At 04:15 PM 5/28/2004 -0400, Matthew Brush wrote:

>Hello all
>
>Just a quick question.  I might be running some telephone lines in a little business that's opening next door.  I have a 1000 foot box of cat5 network cable.  Can I use this for the telephone lines?  I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I wanted to make sure that the Cat5 could handle the ring singal, etc.
>
>I figure if I run Cat5 instead of normal phone wire, they will have the option of up to 4 telephone lines without having to run new cables.  Right?  I know Cat5 is probably substantially more expensive, but I don't really care since I've had a box sitting in my trunk untouched since I left the company I was at.

I can't see why not.  Be sure to use the pairs, otherwise you'll have crosstalk up the wazoo.

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