From the garagejournal forums-
https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116189&page=2

Wow, that's scary Jeff. Ty wrap or tape a cat 5 to a support strand? Wow.

When you have aerial fiber splices, you need to leave quite a bit of slack so you can get the case into a splicing truck for fusion splicing (actually the same applies to manholes too). A long loop is usually left neatly tyrapped to the strand.

Of course I'm talking about large fiber cables and the tyraps - large, long, black UV resistant and our cost was about $5 EACH.

Sam

It gets better! Someone mentioned RJ-61!!
https://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1638206
"Remember that RJ45 was a telco jack for multi-line long before it was adopted for data."

The guy has found an old Merlin jack, and wants to believe that it will work.

It might work. Once, on a late evening, I was ready to fire up a data network for a client, and I had forgotten to bring the patch cords. The only thing laying around was a box of used Merlin line cords, which I plugged into the switch and the patch panel. They worked fine, until I could get back the next day with Cat5 patch cords.

I got a gigabit ethernet connection on 4 pair Cat 3, terminated to a 66 block, yesterday in a location where I would not have been able to run a new wire

This one REALLY scares me.
https://hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1037838910#post1037838910

That's insane

Most poeple don't care anymore as long as it works and it's cheap or free

Heck if it's free, it doesn't even have to work right!

jeff, OH, CONTRAR! Free requires complete operation with undocumented but available features to do ANYTHING the customer wants!

Point taken!