Re: CAT 5

["Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I remember about a million years ago... or maybe it was last week.  I read
>about the Cat 5 standard and how it was done to allow for the future
>speration and operation of voice and data over the same cable.
>
> A couple weeks ago, or maybe a few years ago I remember discussing this
> with somebody and wondering why all the current applications and standards
> seem to ignore that and have us running seperate cat 5 cables for voice
> and data. Then I found this on Napco's website under structured wiring:
>
> Securi-Smart NET8
> Securi-Smart NET8, the only wiring system on the Market that provides for
> 2 Telephone Lines and a 10/100 Base Ethernet connections over a single
> CAT5e wire.
>
> LOL.  How interesting.  I need to keep up with the product innovations of
> my own main alarm provider.



At less than 10 cent per foot per cable, I usually run 2 Cat 5e (solid)
cables to each data/phone location. Same with Coax- 2 RG6 Quads- 1 white & 1
black. Allows flexibility later on. Many of the "pros" are now using Cat 6
and/or fiber for data.