[Hidden-tech] Running Wires on Telephone Poles?

[Roger Williams]

>>>>> James Triplett <jm-hiddentech at vj8.net> writes:

  > One of my customers has a couple buildings about 100 yards apart 
  > and 5 telephone poles apart.  We'd like to run a high-speed 
  > data cable from one building to the to other; the most obvious way
  > would be to attach it to the poles.

I assume that you're talking Cat 5 Ethernet cables?  If you do this, make sure
that you install properly-earthed lightning arrestors (e.g. Altelicon AL-CAT5VW).
After having a Cisco router with a similar connection destroyed by lightning,
I've tended to subsequently stick with (more-expensive) fibre optic linkks.

Also bear in mind that the maximum length for a Cat 5 cable segment is 100 meters.

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