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Default Network and telephone cables?

On Mar 8, 12:40*pm, Tegger wrote:
Daniel Prince wrote :

I want to put a network jack and a telephone jack in the same
location. *Does a CAT6 cable have enough wires for me to do this or
do I have to run a CAT3 cable too? *Thank you in advance for all
replies.


No problems mixing signals over CAT5 or 6. Our office is wired exactly that
way; CAT5/6 handles voice, fax, and data just dandy, all at the same time,
and all in the same cables.

Additionally, if you look at larger installations, all cables of all kinds
are often zip-tied into a single bundle. So evidently the pro's don't have
any issues with interference either.

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Tegger


You sure your phones are not voip? Old school ringer voltage is
around 90vac 20 hertz. Depending on the distance from the repeater a
lot of voltage can get lost on the line but not always. I'd rather
have that at least a few insulation layers away from the data twisted
pairs.