27 Oct
1999
27 Oct
'99
10:35 p.m.
John wrote:
My house was wired with "bell wire" not twisted pairs. I have no voice
problems, but it explained years of poor modem and fax connections. Not
much I can do about it in a practical sense, pulling all new wire in a
condo to increase the modem connection isn't worth it, but it sure is on my
list of stuff to check for in a new house.
I have done substantial work with 10BaseT and
running a network over "phone
cable" is not a good idea. It is called "twisted pair" for a reason. We
got
True. But any decent telephone prewire is done using twisted pair
(although not Cat5 or even Cat3 certified).
If you have prewire with flat cable, you'll have problems even just
with voice service crosstalk if you have more than one POTS line.