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John Rumm
 
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Default Cat 5e telephone cable?

bof wrote:
In message , Peter
Crosland writes

The proper cable to use is to the BT CW13308 specification. Cat5E is
usually


CW1308 ??

OK because they are both twisted pair cables which is the crucial thing.



Are they? I have a reel of CW1308 that's not twisted, and when I looked
a few years back was unable to find a spec that said it should be twisted.


Its not *as* twisted as cat5, but it is still twisted.

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Cheers,

John.

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