The Underscore Archives

2008/5/28 Matt Hamilton <matth at netsight.co.uk>:
> 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

I my last house I had a 5m+ extension and it worked fine - if you get
any problem might be worth disconnecting the pair of wire that aren't
used (in a similar way people disconnect the bell wires)

Andy