I know, but the twists are to ward off evil RF and magnetic interference. If you were in a situation with none of these ambient problems you should be able to push gigabit through it. But my point was really that never have I seen the right conditions. You could play MacGyver and wire up a big network using Cat3 but in the long run it would cost you more in B.S. than paying 50 bucks or so for 1000' of the right stuff.
Bob- -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:41 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 The number of twists per inch makes a difference as well. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Robert West" <robert.w...@just-micro.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:04 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 > 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: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] 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 > <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com>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: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
