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RE: Supplier of CAT5 cable


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  • Subject: RE: Supplier of CAT5 cable
  • From: "Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 14:31:51 +0100
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> At 13:06 07/09/00 +0100, you wrote:
> >You don't really need a special tool, I just use a small
> screwdriver with a
> >thin blade...
>
> [fx: goes off to phone the "Royal Society for the Prevention of
Improper
> Termination of Insulation Displacement Terminals"]  - I'm glad
you were
> joking Stuart!

Ooops - I thought he was serious !

> The right tool, however, will also snip the wire to length, which
> is quite
> a timesaver and very neat!  As a 'rule of thumb' If you're
> spending € ¦£100 on
> cable and connectors, or you might in future, it's worth getting
> the proper
> tool or making friends with someone who has one (you aren't near
> Newcastle,
> I presume, or I'd lend you mine for a day...).

I think you're right, the more I think about it (and read of you guys
flooding your houses with CAT5) I think I'll be doing the rest of the house
in the future so I may as well spend a bit more now. By the way, thanks for
your kind offer but I'm over near Liverpool so I can't take you up on it.

Cheers
Don






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