Re: Choosing correct phone cable for a new house


"PaulKraemer" <pwk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My friend is having his house rebuilt. Before the drywall gets put
> up, he wants to run phone wires. We are trying to figure out what
> kind of cable to buy, but we have received conflicting advice.
>
> One person told us to use Category 5e cable with 8 conductors. He
> said you don't use all 8 conductors, you just connect the ones that
> you need. Someone else told us this will not work because we will
> not be able to connect 8 conductor cable to the inside wall portion
> of a typical phone jack faceplate, which will have a 4 pin connector.

If you wire a house with Cat5e you normally fit RJ45 face plates (eg the
ones used for a network) and then you use an adaptor like this to connect a
phone to it...

This particular adaptor is designed for UK phones...
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=22940&TabID=1&C=SEO&U=SEOsearchPages&doy=search

I think for the USA you use RJ45 plug to RJ11 socket adaptor?



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