asterisk users - Apr 2006 - Pinouts for T1/E1 crossover cable WAS "RE: whatcable to connect a legacy PBX to a TE410P ?"

I agree. I haven't had a problem using CAT-5, even for long runs, however
it's not a real T-Carrier cable and I didn't know how old the PBX is.

Paul
>I have not in my experience seen any problems with using a Good Quality
>Cat5 vs. Cat 3 (telco standard) cable for X-connects.  YMMV, but you
>should be fine. As far as the shielding goes, I use UTP cables and
>Connectors all the time and some of my X-connects run over 100 feet. 
Paul Mahler -  pmahler@signate.com
 www.signate.com

at&t (formerly SBC, formerly Southwestern Bell, formerly AT&T) just came
out
and installed my PRI.  FYI, they used Cat 5e cable.  No special T1 cabling
that costs a fortune to buy somewhere, just plain old Cat 5e cable.  Guess
what guys?  If they are using this as customers' sites, they are probably
using it elsewhere. It's only as good as the weakest link, so you can go out
and spend lots of money on "T1 cable", or just use Cat 5e like the
telco
guys do.


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Lacy Moore
Aspendora, Inc.
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