2 voice lines in an cat5 env

[tigerhillside@netscape.net]

Does the following work? I have two phones in room A. I run a cord from
Phone 1 and Phone 2 into a 2 line/1 line splitter. I then plug the
splitter into a RJ45 patch panel. Cat5 8 wire cables run from that
patch panel to a patch panel in Room B. I plug another 2 line/1 line
RJ45 splitter into the patch panel, then run normal phone cables from
the splitter to two phone outlets. Yes, I know there are better ways to
do this, but this seems cheap and I have the parts (making it very
cheap.)

[BruceR]

It'll work.

From:tigerhillside@netscape.net
tigerhillside@netscape.net

> Does the following work? I have two phones in room A. I run a cord
> from Phone 1 and Phone 2 into a 2 line/1 line splitter. I then plug
> the splitter into a RJ45 patch panel. Cat5 8 wire cables run from that
> patch panel to a patch panel in Room B. I plug another 2 line/1 line
> RJ45 splitter into the patch panel, then run normal phone cables from
> the splitter to two phone outlets. Yes, I know there are better ways
> to do this, but this seems cheap and I have the parts (making it very
> cheap.)

[Mark]

And quite well to boot. Cat 5 is superior than standard phone wiring for
phone applications.


On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:50:03 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote:

>It'll work.
>
>From:tigerhillside@netscape.net
>tigerhillside@netscape.net
>
>> Does the following work? I have two phones in room A. I run a cord
>> from Phone 1 and Phone 2 into a 2 line/1 line splitter. I then plug
>> the splitter into a RJ45 patch panel. Cat5 8 wire cables run from that
>> patch panel to a patch panel in Room B. I plug another 2 line/1 line
>> RJ45 splitter into the patch panel, then run normal phone cables from
>> the splitter to two phone outlets. Yes, I know there are better ways
>> to do this, but this seems cheap and I have the parts (making it very
>> cheap.)
>

[wkearney99]

POTS (plain old telephone service) neither benefits nor is harmed by using
CAT5 over CAT3 or just plain old wire.

"Mark" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:kdre21ljhofjq6ebceh9l9rhhue66mpa0e@4ax.com...
> And quite well to boot. Cat 5 is superior than standard phone wiring for
> phone applications.
>
> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:50:03 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com> wrote:
>
> >It'll work.
> >
> >> Does the following work? I have two phones in room A. I run a cord
> >> from Phone 1 and Phone 2 into a 2 line/1 line splitter. I then plug
> >> the splitter into a RJ45 patch panel. Cat5 8 wire cables run from that
> >> patch panel to a patch panel in Room B. I plug another 2 line/1 line
> >> RJ45 splitter into the patch panel, then run normal phone cables from
> >> the splitter to two phone outlets. Yes, I know there are better ways
> >> to do this, but this seems cheap and I have the parts (making it very
> >> cheap.)

[BruceR]

While Cat5 won't provide any benefit over Cat3 for POTS, I would beg to
differ on the statement that there's no benefit over "plain old wire."
As one who has been involved in the installation of phone systems for
over 30 years, I can tell you that POTS can absolutly benefit from CAT3
or better wire particularly if you live near a radio station's antenna
or suffer from other crosstalk/interference problems.
The greatest demonstration of this was a job I did at the Maui News
about 20 years ago. For years they were plagued with having to listen to
a local radio station in the background on every phonecall. No amount of
grounding or filtering would eliminate the problem. When we installed
CAT3 for their new phone system the lines were dead quiet. No more
"music on calls" to put up with. I thought the editor was going to kiss
me but fortunately he opted for a hardy handshake. As a test, before we
put the new phone system in service, we tested the lines with just POTS
and 2500 sets to demonstrate the benefit of the CAT3 cable and it was
clean as a whistle.
In another case, in my friend's home they always had a radio station in
the background on the phones at the far end of the house. I replaced the
old "quad" wire with a length of CAT5 and the lines are now quiet.
Bottom line folks - CAT 5 is dirt cheap now. Use it (or better) for all
phone and data runs. I even run it for doorbells so it can support
intercom and video.

From:wkearney99
wkearney99@hotmail.com

> POTS (plain old telephone service) neither benefits nor is harmed by
> using CAT5 over CAT3 or just plain old wire.
>
> "Mark" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:kdre21ljhofjq6ebceh9l9rhhue66mpa0e@4ax.com...
>> And quite well to boot. Cat 5 is superior than standard phone
>> wiring for phone applications.
>>
>> On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 03:50:03 GMT, "BruceR" <brNOSPAM@hawaii.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It'll work.
>>>
>>>> Does the following work? I have two phones in room A. I run a cord
>>>> from Phone 1 and Phone 2 into a 2 line/1 line splitter. I then plug
>>>> the splitter into a RJ45 patch panel. Cat5 8 wire cables run from
>>>> that patch panel to a patch panel in Room B. I plug another 2
>>>> line/1 line RJ45 splitter into the patch panel, then run normal
>>>> phone cables from the splitter to two phone outlets. Yes, I know
>>>> there are better ways to do this, but this seems cheap and I have
>>>> the parts (making it very cheap.)

[AutomatedOutlet.com]

Yes, the POTS service only needs 2 of the wires in the cat5.
Technically, you could run 4 lines over one cat5.