all I need it for is patch cables... and telephone cables. Why doesn't crosstalk affect the telephone signal? On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Technomage wrote: > mike havens wrote: > > I got some phone cable (green & red/yellow & black). Could I use it for > > ethernet cable (blue, green, orange, brown)? Which pins would I connect > it > > to if so? I would think red would go to dark blue and and green to > > light/striped blue. then bablesxlack would go to dark green and yellow > to to > > light/striped green. I'm hoping that it is like a phone where two of the > > lines are used and the other two are useless. Let me know! Thanks > > > A: no. Phone cable is typically cat-3 quality. the windings are > different and bandwidth far less. > you might get away with using it as a 3 foot patch cord, but the > creosstalk you'd get would > cut throughput enormously. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: