"meirman" wrote in message
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No. no. What is so bad about CAT2 that it has to be expunged like
this? An outlet in the bathroom is an asset. I have one.

Well, for one thing, our first phone in the b'room was an old ATT phone that
had a ringer from Hell that could not be turned off. The toilet is not a
place that I want to jump out of my skin on. Of course, it does give new
meaning to the term 'scared the s&*t out of me!"

Anyway, to answer the question about CAT2 and to address previous questions
about my using CAT5e for phones, I have a budding business installing
structured wiring systems. I have taken the Leviton training, and they
recommend CAT5 for everything that involves twisted pair, namely the phone
and LAN. While the bathroom location is not prime for multiple drops, most
are, and if you have say two drops of CAT5 at each wallplate location with
rj-45 jacks, you have the ability to use both lines as LAN if you desire.
Keep in mind all these lines run back to the Structured Media Center (SMC)
and you can change them from LAN to Phone easily, and vice-versa. A phone
plug fits nicely into an RJ-45 jack, as most of you know already, so why
not. And, even though the Intelligent Home and structured wiring concepts is
a slow market at least in the DFW area where I am, more and more people are
wanting these services. So, running CAT5e to all drops makes sense. And,
when buying in bulk as I do, the cost increase is insignificant.

Another benefit with running high quality wire from the demark all the way
to the SMC and each jack is the ability to snicker when the phone company
comes and tries to blame your wiring for a problem. They can run all the
tests they want, and the quality of the wiring from the Demarc on will never
be suspect, if installed correctly.

I don't think it hurts the installation, nor do I think the current
outlet hurts the rest of the house. Only when two phones are in use
at the same time on the same line, one in the bathroom, might the
quality come down.

Even though I have no quantitative evidence, I can say the better the line,
the less chance the less than stellar members of DSL support (no offense to
anyone, but if you are forced to read from a script and spend an hour
rebooting computers when a DSL modem should be up even without anything
connected, well....) cannot blame the wiring. I remember the threat from a
DSL support manager, after I had escalated a problem saying they would send
a tech out, but if the line was bad I would have to pay. I had already run a
distinct line for the DSL and tested it with a WireScope 350, and told her
to bring it on.

So, I would want to make sure the CAT2 with any possible gimmies and gotchas
in that particular line did not cause degradation to my cleaner CAT5e
installation.

I don't object to your upgrading things, only to your degrading
things.

Meirman

So, is your concern me degrading the CAT2, or the phone in the bathroom?
(smiley inserted here)