I see a lot of people knocking CAT5 for telephone here, my question is what is the harm?

Ever terminate CAT5 on a 66 block? If you do it properly how long does it take and how much extra effort does it take to untwist each pair and straighten out each wire so that you can cut it down compared to CAT nothing or CAT3?

We actually advise any new install customer where the premises has been prewired that if we have to work with CAT5 for our voice there will be an additional $5 charge for each cable termination.

This should go into a fund for the carpal tunnel surgery that I expect to need from working with the damn stuff.

-Hal

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