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To: ratan lal who wrote (28531)	11/10/1997 6:53:00 PM
From: MangoBoy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31386

[Category 5 wiring] it's four-pair Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) wiring. the various categories relate to specific standards for wire quality, insulation, installation procedures, and outlets. CAT-5 is what you want if you're going to run an ethernet through your home. It can support 10Mbps and, if installed carefully, 100Mbps networking. when we were renovating our home, I pulled two lines of CAT-5 to every drop, so we could have networking and multiple phone lines at any location. of course we had no walls at the time, so it was easy. retrofitting into an existing structure would be difficult and expensive. mark

To: ratan lal who wrote (28531)	11/10/1997 8:23:00 PM
From: riposte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

[Chat: Ratan/"Who installs Cat5?"] Hi Ratan - I called my sister up on the telephone to get your answer (I owed her a call anyway!) She told me, basically, that Cat 5 can be installed in a new house for nominal cost over standard twisted pair. She said that the wiring is installed in a "star" configuration (running the wires from a common point to each jack), rather than serially, or "daisy-chain", going from jack to jack. Most of the cost is in labor, not material. As to who installs Cat 5, she said that everyone's getting into the act: some electricians are doing this work now; she said that RBOC are also installing Cat 5. Lastly, there are "specialists" who confine their work to data wiring (as opposed to electrical wiring). She suggested looking in the Yellow Pages under "Telecommunications", or "Communications", or "Computer". I asked her about rewiring an existing house. She paused, and said "ugh". Again, the cost is in the labor, not the cable. Hope this was helpful. Steve