Re: CAT 5

[West Alarm <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:12:40 GMT, "Stanley Barthfarkle"
<sbarth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>"Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:45ca8b7b$0$16291$88260bb3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>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.
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>> 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.
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>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.


What is all the hub-bub about the quad shield coax?