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[Dave Weis]

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006, Rich Adamson wrote:
> Alexander Lopez wrote:
> > I was once told by a lineman that the cables they use didn't have that
> > many twists in them because it wasn't needed, and that the extra twists
> > would effectively use more cable and thus cost and weigh more than
> > triple what they do now. 
> 
> Good thing he doesn't work for a cable manufacturer as that's a total 
> crock of crap that even an inexperienced person should be able to 
> detect. (You can't twist two wires to make them weight three times as 
> much, or cost three times as much.)

A foot of cat5 has more than 12" on each of the individual wires inside. 
Not much but there is some difference.

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