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MikeAqua

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#306819 24-Aug-2023 10:53
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Am I likely to be able to use disused phone cabling as draw wire for pulling through Cat-6 cable?  From memory the phone cabling is three or four pair (blue sheathing if that helps).

 

I'd really like to run some more ethernet cabling in my house.  The house was built in the late 2000s and it has disused phone cabling running to most of the places I want to run ethernet cabling to.

 

The house has a fibre connection, and anything that communicates via internet with the outside world, does so via that connection, so the phone cabling is entirely unused.





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  #3119738 24-Aug-2023 11:03
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3 or 4 pair blue sounds like cat5e - maybe have a look on the blue sheathing for some writing to see what type it is or post some photos.

 

Almost zero benefit in replacing Cat5e with Cat6 in a normal house.





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  #3119746 24-Aug-2023 11:44
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mentalinc:

 

3 or 4 pair blue sounds like cat5e - maybe have a look on the blue sheathing for some writing to see what type it is or post some photos.

 

Almost zero benefit in replacing Cat5e with Cat6 in a normal house.

 

 

That would work





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  #3119750 24-Aug-2023 12:07
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if it is cat5 already just terminator as you were planning to with the cat6 and be on the way and save yourself a weekend of pulling cable!





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  #3119767 24-Aug-2023 12:58
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I was lucky with our recent move as all the phone cable was Cat5e. Just swapped the termination point from a phone distribution board to an ethernet patch panel.





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  #3119983 25-Aug-2023 08:16
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Lets clarify what we are saying     

 

Blue sheathed cable typically is Cat5e, Cat6 or Cat6a.   

 

All are capable of gigabit speeds. Cat5e is even capable of 2.5gbit up to about 60 metres and 10gig speed up to about 40 metres. Thats more than enough to reach around most homes and meet heavy data requirements. 

 

About 20 years ago, "Telephone Cable" became more expensive than the better quality and cheaper Cat5e cable - so electricians just started installing cat5e as telephone cable.    

 

For this reason, if you already have cat5e installed in the house then there is not much realistic benefit to upgrading the cable to cat6. 





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  #3120079 25-Aug-2023 12:45
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raytaylor:

 

Lets clarify what we are saying     

 

Blue sheathed cable typically is Cat5e, Cat6 or Cat6a.   

 

 

Also check the cable if it is black or beige. Our house has beige Cat5e and a previous place use a combination of beige for telephone and black for Ethernet.





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