In article , Eastburn says...

I'd tend to replace it all with new wire and maybe CAT-5 if you can.
Even if CAT-5 isn't fully or half used, the quality is there and the
number of pairs and such are. It is more expensive, but a single run
or two might be ok.

*Any* new twisted pair will most likely be better than
the older cloth/rubber insulated teclo stuff. You
can wire an entire house with zip cord and it will work
fine, even if not twisted.

My personal favorite is the two pair western electric
stuff with the beige jacket, much nicer than the spool
telephone wire that radio shack sells. It can mostly
be found for free when it's ripped out of buildings
being re-wired.

But again, even the inexpensive R/S stuff will work
fine, and better than older deteriorated wiring.

Jim

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