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Re: Phone lines - how fancy a cat?

Jerry Nicholson
"..... I likely have Cat 5 wire coming into the house. The line for broadband was installed new when we added broadband to the cable subscription, but I expect this is Cat 5. The run goes direct to my cable modem and then I am wireless ..."

More likely you have RG/6 coaxial cable coming into the house to your cable MODEM, not Category 5 UTP (unshielded twisted pair).

Jerry

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