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[_] ADSL home wiring question

Matt Hamilton matth at netsight.co.uk
Wed May 28 15:22:25 BST 2008

Hi All,
   I'm helping my father-in-law wire up an extension for ADSL at  
home.  He has 'helpfully' already run a cable under the carpet from  
one end of the bedroom where the master socket is to the extension  
next door... maybe about 10 metres.  However the cable he has used is  
not twisted pair, but just the 4-wires-side-by-side telephone wiring  
that you often get between the phone and the wall.  Anyone know if in  
practise this will make a difference vs. using cat5?  I mean I'm sure  
the wires out in the street are probably just bits of old wet string  
anyways, so shouldn't make much different, but wasn't sure if a 10m  
run of non-twisted pair cable between the master socket and ADSL  
modem would be an issue?

-Matt

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