Oh, I thought you meant the "slick silver" stuff :) On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Robert West <[email protected]>wrote:
> Standard "Old School" residential phone wire. Heavy gauge 2 pair. Red, > black, yellow, green. At least around here, Ohio, the Telco installed some > pretty stiff wire. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:50 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cat3 instead of Cat5 > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Robert West > <[email protected]>wrote: > "The conductors on phone wire are thicker giving more surface area for the > electrons to play on, more than the thin Cat5." > Huh? What type of phone wire are you referring to? > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Robert West > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > 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/
