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From: simnet@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark R Poulson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Info request -- telephone cabling
Summary: Shielded twisted pair -vs- twisted pair
Message-ID: <3514@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 17:55:38 GMT
Organization: Boeing Aerospace & Electronics, Seattle WA
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Since I don't know of any sci.phones group I thought I would try
sci.electronics...

I want to string some telephone extension cables that will go a rather long
distance (~100 feet). With these cables, I thought I'd string some others for
future use (alarm, RS232, ...). For the other cables I want to use shielded
twisted pair, but telephones are usually done with unshielded cable. I would
really like to buy one cable with multiple pairs, but I can't find any with
both shielded and unshieled twisted pairs.

So my question is: can I use shielded twisted pair for telephone circuits
or do they have undesireable side effects?

	Thanks,
		Mark
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