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Cat 5E for data & voice over a long run
jeffbouldin, I am not suggesting you guys are wrong in suggesting the use of outdoor cable; if it were available I would use it. However in its absence I need to improvise and short of sealing the indoor cable in waterproof water pipe, I am wondering how fragile the PVC sheath really is. What... -
Cat 5E for data & voice over a long run
hbiss, oldtimerbob Apologies if I missed or did not understand it, but what are the several counts that the Cat5e cable is inappropriate other than mforrence's post above? The actual telephone line stops 2000ft up the road from where I am. The telephone company says that they have one pair... -
Cat 5E for data & voice over a long run
Thank you all very much for your input. mforrence, I do hear what you and others are saying about the use of "indoor" Cat5e - outside. However, Belize is a place of few theoretical standards and more a place of practical standards and on querying this point earlier on I was told by the... -
Cat 5E for data & voice over a long run
I have an installation problem a little different to the recent one listed about Cat 5E cable over a long run so I have posted it separately in the hope someone could assist. I would like to qualify the basis of my question a little before listing it. Firstly, I am not an IT or Cabling...
