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Re: telephone in the shop?

To: markm@tutsys.com (Mark Miller)
Subject: Re: telephone in the shop?
From: bob bownes <bownes@rns1.web9.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:16:01 -0500 (EST)
 well, when I had a trench dug in the yard from the house to the garage....

3 runs of 1.5" conduit went into the ground. Hey, conduit is cheap, 
trenching is expensive....


> 
> And you guys talk about overkill.  I laugh.  Ha.
> 
> When the walls were opened at my house for some remodeling I dropped the
> requisite 2 CAT 5 runs to each room that I could access as well as an empty
> conduit.  I used Carlon 1/2" flex - the blue corrugated stuff.  About 20
> cents a foot.
> 
> So I can add CAT 34 cable once it is invented, or fiber, or CATV cable, or
> never use it.  I'd bet on the last option.
> 
> Mark Miller 
> 
> 
> > At 06:53 PM 2/14/00 -0600, David Scheidt wrote:
> > >>If you are installing new wire, do yourself a favor and pull CAT-5.  The
> > >cost difference is quite low, 
> > 
> > CAT-5 is selling for ca. $60 per 1000 foot spool at Home Depot these days.
> > one spool can get 2 independent runs of CAT 5 to most rooms in a
> > reasonably
> > sized house; i just finished most of my house, and have a bit left over.
> > 
> 


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