[comp.dcom.telecom] Crosstalk in Nontwisted Cable

Alec <PCHROMCZ@drew.bitnet> (09/21/90)

For some reason, my house was wired with six pair nontwisted cable.
When I got a second line and hooked it up to a second pair, the
crosstalk was so bad as to make both lines unuseable.  At the time I
had one of those cheap phones that when the ringer is turned on and
you pulse dial on that line it chirps.  Well, from that phone (with it
on hook!) you could listen to this side of the conversation on the
*OTHER* line!  I ended up running quad (I had some) separately for the
second line.
 
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