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What is the best wire to use for phone / network / digital cable?

Using Category 5 (cat5 or cat5e) cabling for networking and phone will be your best bet. For cable you always want to use RG6 type cable, NOT RG59!

If you have a chance to wire your own house and feel comfortable drilling holes, pull two cat5 cables and one RG6 cable to everywhere a computer or T.V. will go. The best cable for a cable modem is Quad shield cable. It's expensive but it's the best.

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by djwolfe edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2002-07-22 17:19:58

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