asterisk users - Apr 2007 - Is STP wire decent for analog phones?

I've got a run of Shielded Twisted Pair (4 conductors) which used to be 
a Token Ring Network drop and I'm not using it anymore.  Would it be 
decent to replace the ends with normal analog phone connectors and use 
it for a phone extension, or is STP unsuitable for that?

Thanks
Steve

STP should work just fine, even quad wire should work in most cases.

On 4/15/07, Steve Prior <sprior@geekster.com>
wrote:
> I've got a run of Shielded Twisted Pair (4 conductors) which used to be
> a Token Ring Network drop and I'm not using it anymore.  Would it be
> decent to replace the ends with normal analog phone connectors and use
> it for a phone extension, or is STP unsuitable for that?
>
> Thanks
> Steve
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2007, Steve Prior wrote:
> I've got a run of Shielded Twisted Pair (4 conductors) which used to be
a
> Token Ring Network drop and I'm not using it anymore.  Would it be
decent to
> replace the ends with normal analog phone connectors and use it for a phone
> extension, or is STP unsuitable for that?
I've always reckoned you can "get away" with just about anything
for
analogue phones - especially internal wiring. After-all, a POTS line from 
the exchange has just come over who knows how many miles of aged copper 
wires, so a few meters more in the building of reasonable quality cable 
isn't going to hurt it! (and if you're re-originating it from an
in-house
PBX then you're starting with a near perfect signal again)

What I would pay attention to is the connectors though - I've seen these 
cause more problems - especially for ADSL lines...

Gordon