From: "Matthew Brush"


> I meant for just phone lines, analog.  I was thinking of using the
twisted

I know, I was just beating on Dennis a bit.  ;-)

> pairs inside the Cat5 cable to carry up to 4 "normal" telephone lines.
I
> might also be running the network cables as well, but I will run a
seperate
> line for phone and net.  I figured it would work fine, just wanted to
make
> sure before I ran it.  I've used Cat5 for a short run in my apartment
for
> phone lines, but I wanted to be sure that this cable is just as good
as
> telephone cables for longer distances.

It will actually work "better".  The only real difference between the
two is that the Cat5 has more twists, hence it is better shielded than
Cat3.  It's perfectly ok to use Cat5 cable for a voice only
installation.

michael brown

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