RE: What do the db levels Mean

Joel M Snyder (Joel_M_Snyder@Opus1.COM)
Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:46:06 -0700 (MST)

> I would expect that as long as the cable is certified CAT5 then each
> SEPERATE pair should be able to handle 100M data rates (Beldon now do a
> 350M cable) as we are using 2 pairs and putting <2M down the wire I
> wouldn't really have expected any problems.

I would expect that if it were a Category 5 application, you would be
right. But that's irrelevant; you wouldn't run audio, or power, or
sprinkler controls over Category 5 cable because that's not what the
application is and the cable doesn't work well in that environment.

Your argument is akin to saying "AC power is .6 X 10-4 M, so this patch
cable should work great for that..."

> So, basically a pretty good cable.

... for what it was designed for, which was LAN transmissions. Not T1.

> This strikes me as akin to the argument you will often find in HiFi
> shops, 'Dont use the manufacturers supplied interconnect leads'.

*sigh* OK, forget it...

jms

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