j.,
OMG!! I know that I've gotten older, but somehow, while I was not paying
attention, net cable(s) have made a huge leap in tech and specs!
Cat7/7a??? And, all I was preparing to wire my home with was Cat6e....
I never planned to do quicker than 10Base1000 over copper.
Now, I have read about early intrusion of 10Base10G, but I figured this
was mostly for internal server farm wiring. I do so hate how quickly I
have gotten so far behind............ :)
Duncan
maccrawj wrote:
POTS is Cat3, generally only stranded from wall jack to handset, jack to
demarc is solid core. Cat3 *was* also used for 10BaseT before Cat5
became prevalent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_3_cable
These days POTS or nBaseT network, best bet when wiring is to just use
Cat5E or better since it gives most usage flexibility for the
buck/effort. When we're ready to wire the second floor I intend to run
~3 Cat5E drops to each of 4 rooms from the utility closet's switch(es)
to be sure I can do separate pipes for IPTV, VoIP, IP cams, & data to
avoid congestion issues. That's a year away so plans might change!
DSinc wrote:
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I have been told that telephone wire is relatively large in gauge
because it needs to pass large a...@45v to do ring/dial-tone. Actual
signal/voice business travels along the surface of whatever conductor
is present.
Best,
Duncan
