Re: WRT54G in the attic

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:42:43 -0400, in alt.internet.wireless , "Bill
Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Of course not, but he has DSL, and guess what, DSL needs a phone line!
Sure
he could run Cat5 from the current location to the new router location
instead, but it's a whole lot harder and way more expensive to run cat5
than
a phone line...Gads.. People are so silly and never think of what's needed
for a total implementation, or what the cost is of alternatives...

Uh, CAT5 is the same type of wire as a phone line and similarly priced.

In the UK, this isn't true on either count. The 8-core phone cable is
around half the diameter, while the 4-core stuff is about the size of
a couple of matches stuck together, and is handy for tucking into odd
corners., under skirtings etc The pairs also aren't always twisted. It
also tends to be white, while CAT5 comes in most colours except white,
with grey being commonest.

--
Mark McIntyre
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