Indeedy. Depending on how much data will be coursing through, YMMV. One other thing to watch is to make sure that it's solid wire cable on that phone line; watching someone try to crimp RJ45's onto stranded cable is a little like watching a monkey try to get a bananna out of a sealed mason jar... Considering how cheap Cat-5 really is to install, and how simple it is, there's no reason not to do it. If you're really sneaky, you can use that existing phone line to pull your cat5 through. If you don't already have one, *buy a fishtape*! And have someone handy to grab the tip of it as it dangles near the hole of the outlet box... Depending on the age of the house, you might need to take extra care not to hurt the insulation on existing wiring. I was helping a friend run some network cable in his (old) house and got a nice jolt by ramming the fishtape up and down to get through a cross-brace - and ended up ramming it right through the cloth insulation by the light switch. Zap! Not to mention having to rip it out and replace it... Good luck, Aaron On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, John B wrote: