Re: (PM) Diff betw T1-Span & Ethernet Cables?

Jacob Suter (jsuter@intrastar.net)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:16:33 -0600

But in response from the guy from !nterprise, he said the best thing to
do was 'maintain the twisted pairs'.. I'd assume he means this:

If you telco uses Cat 3, use Cat 3
if your telco uses Cat 5, use Cat 5
if your telco has flat satan cable from the CO, shoot them.

JS

Jake Messinger wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Matthew S. Crocker wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, PM Mailing List wrote:
> >
> > Both Ethernet (10Base-T, 100Base-T) and T1 use 2 pair out of the 4 pair
> > cable. The difference is they use different pairs. If you have a cable
> > which is straight through and uses all four pairs you can interchange
> > them. Some cheap 10Base-T cables are only 2 pair and will not work as a
> > T1 cable.
>
> If its not all 8 wires,then its not cat 5 and the book says use cat 5.
>
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