Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
Support it? It's commonly known that stranded is used for short runs patches made so because it flexes easier and resists metal fatigue of bending without breaking. Go open a wall in your house pull out all the cables. Everything from CAT3 phone line, to RG6 CATV, to Romex will be solid

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
LOL, he's still on DSL Brian! On 2/11/2010 1:14 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Rick Glazier wrote: If you see damage, corrosion, or bad workmanship all over the place then all new is the obvious way to go. I

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-12 Thread DSinc
Ding! Ding! Reads like just where I have been.and am. Odd too.. Old technology, but still with us all. Best, Duncan On 02/11/2010 21:25, Rick Glazier wrote: We had a room on a slab. Hard to fish. Cordless works great, but we still have our old wired phones from 25 years ago and are on our

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread Rick Glazier
For normal in-house wiring to ONLY PHONES Cat-5 or 6 is a little over-kill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable That might be hard to find though and I never priced it. I'm still using the old ATT 4 wire stuff. I bought a 1000' spool of it. My house was pre-wired when built with a 6 or

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread FORC5
overkill is good but when I wired my new shop I used cat 3 for the phone. fp At 06:02 AM 2/11/2010, Rick Glazier Poked the stick with: For normal in-house wiring to ONLY PHONES Cat-5 or 6 is a little over-kill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable That might be hard to find though and I

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread Rick Glazier
If you see damage, corrosion, or bad workmanship all over the place then all new is the obvious way to go. I made a living following around people that did bad work. (Still do.) Use the best wire you can afford. FWIW: Redesign the plan... I brought my phone lines into the house and made

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread Bryan Seitz
The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Rick Glazier wrote: If you see damage, corrosion, or bad workmanship all over the place then all new is the obvious way to go. I made a living following around people that did bad work. (Still do.)

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread DSinc
Bryan, Understand. I have one. Still need lines for dsl and ADT. Not completely troglodyte. Duncan On 02/11/2010 16:14, Bryan Seitz wrote: The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Rick Glazier wrote: If you see damage, corrosion, or bad

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread Bryan Seitz
Oh yeah I spose those are important hehe! ;) On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 05:11:05PM -0500, DSinc wrote: Bryan, Understand. I have one. Still need lines for dsl and ADT. Not completely troglodyte. Duncan On 02/11/2010 16:14, Bryan Seitz wrote: The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz...

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-11 Thread Rick Glazier
We had a room on a slab. Hard to fish. Cordless works great, but we still have our old wired phones from 25 years ago and are on our third sets of cordless ones... Can't win... Rick Glazier From: Bryan Seitz Phone-internal? The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done.

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-10 Thread JRS
Short answer, Yes, :) It comes both stranded and solid conductor versions... :) CAT5 (also, CAT 5) is an Ethernet network cable standard defined by the Electronic Industries Association and Telecommunications Industry Association (commonly known as EIA/TIA). CAT5 is the fifth generation of

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-10 Thread DSinc
JRS, Big 10-Q! I will suggest/request SOLID CAT5 (CAT 5) then. It will replace old (45yrs?) 4-wire solid (red-green-yellow-black) existing POTS wire. Best, Duncan On 02/10/2010 16:42, JRS wrote: Short answer, Yes, :) It comes both stranded and solid conductor versions... :) CAT5 (also,

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-10 Thread Soren
Do you have any links to support this, pls? I'm very interested in this subject, as I work with different types of cables on a daily basis. JRS wrote: Solid CAT5 cable supports longer length runs and works best in fixed wiring configurations like office buildings. Stranded CAT5 cable, on the