On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:23:39 GMT,it is alleged that T i m
spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:

On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:15:55 +0100, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

Chip wrote:

Indeed, I have many 8746s, a few 8782s, and a metric carpload[3] of
706s, 746s, 721s, 741s and misc bits.

I seem to have strayed into the uk.luddite newsgroup ...

At least that suff will survive the EMP! ;-)

This is true. But the telephone exchange wouldn't these days g

I *do* admit to being a bit of a luddite when it comes to
telecommunications gear, but that's the beauty of a free country,
Timothy is free to use the most modern gear, I can use the oldest
stuff I can find, and it all Just Works (tm).

You can even intermix the stuff, although some DECT handsets ignore
the bell wire and thus ring when you're doing outgoing pulse dialing
on an 8746, and of course this effect will also occur if you have ADSL
with multiple microfilters.

OnTopic: I would say yes to the Cat6 unless 5e is cheaper, it probably
*will* be obsolete before the next changeover in networking standards.
WiFi is another possibility, but the rather serious speed limitations
put me off. I do lots of file transfers of 1Gb backup files between
machines on the assumption that all the computers are unlikely to
burst into flames at the same moment. 54Mbit wifi would halve the
speed, even assuming a perfect connection, and it's more difficult to
secure.

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which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
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