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 8 wire cable.
The painters for the seller damaged the cable and shoved it in a wall
and buried it by patching over it solid with plaster.
I have the proper tools to find that sort of thing.
Have you tried splitting your "feeds" (inside the house) and seeing
which section has "trouble"?
It is odd that damage occurred, and it would never<?> involve the entire
system and EVERY run of wire.
OTOH, it is like formatting a computer. Sometimes a "clean sweep"
is better or easier. My wires are 100% "fished", so I have a very
hybrid system of wiring...
Rick Glazier
From: "DSinc" Phone-internal?
I now appears that my homes internal phone wiring has died. I have to
replace it. I remain active via a long "phone cord" thru a window to
the TSID (NID box).
What I read says I need to request Cat5/Cat6 replacement wiring. OK!
Understand.
Believe/think my current wiring is old 4-wire single copper line. I have
read up about the "cross-talk" issues in 4-wire systems.
Question: Is current Cat5/Cat6 internal wire single filament or
multiple-filament type cable?
