On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 06:40:34PM -0800, Linux Rocks! wrote: > : Actually no. New phone cables are usually CAT-3 grade twisted pair for > : modems and FAXes in the walls, and you need two lines for each phone line. > : CAT-5e wiring has 8 conductors, but of these only 4 get used for 10/100 > : Ethernet. Plain CAT-5e cable can be used for Ethernet and two lines, and > : that grade of cable is available in 16 conductor form as well. You can > : easily run this to a phone and an Ethernet jack with wires to spare for > : future upgrades. > how a bout fiber for that matter, but maybe re-wiring the hotel isnt in the > plans, which is why you want to use homepna or homeplug, or even wireless > networking options.
You missed the part about doing inital wiring for a new place. I was
responding to the comment that it would save money to use phone wiring
even for new construction since you would not need anything faster most
likely given today's Internet usage..
I'm suggesting that you should run Ethernet and either just run phones on
the four unused wires or get a double Ethernet cable and realise that you
have more than enough conductors to wire everything you could possibly
want in the building as long as CAT-5e was considered usable cabling. It
is not expensive at this time (fibre is still), and it does not require
any intelligence at the wall other than that of the contractor holding the
punch-down tool...
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