Just think about it, Cat5 is 4 pair. You need 2 pair for transmit and receive. 4 conductors total. We sometimes use one of the other pair for PoE and the other pair is "lost". Cat5 is twisted pair, so is phone wire. Twisted for the same reasons. The conductors on phone wire are thicker giving more surface area for the electrons to play on, more than the thin Cat5. No reason at all that it can handle 100mbps. Same as with Cat5, you just have to have the right conditions.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of RickG Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 100Mbps on cat 3? Really? On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Forbes Mercy <[email protected]>wrote: > We currently run a Cat5 into the wall then put a jack into the house. > My question is since you can get 100MB through a Cat3 which is the same > as a phone line why can't we run the connection into their phone line? > Most of our customers have cell phone only and their internal wiring is > virtually unused. > > Thanks, > Forbes > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
