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Subject: Re: Can 50 Conductor Phone Cable be Used For LAN?
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Date: 10 Mar 91 02:14:44 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 195, Message 9 of 12

Re use of 50 conductor telephone cable for LAN-

Starlan-10 (10base-t) was designed specifically for this type of
cabling, in order to use existing telephone wiring for data
communication.  As its name implies, the connections are in a star
configuration, with a repeater at the center of the star.  It expects
to see approx. 100 ohm impedance on the cable, and does not normally
interfere with voice traffic because of the frequency difference (5-10
MHz vs.  3 kHz).