Mike Bilow wrote in a message to Tom Moeller:
 MB> General Cable's "Deamlan 5" is exactly this sort of thing, a
 MB> flat jacket keeping each pair locked in a separate channel. 
 MB> The cable is rated for 350 Mhz, but costs twice as much as
 MB> bulk Cat 5.
 MB> Belden's new "Mediatwist 350" goes even further, and does
 MB> have the pairs bonded together.  It is supposed to be
 MB> virtually free of crosstalk to 350 MHz, but it costs almost
 MB> four times as much as bulk Cat 5.
Cool ... I'd not heard of these and will probably have to deal
with one or the other for our video conferencing if it's really
necessary.  Our demark box was installed in a small room not 
realizing we'll have to have some large remote learning classes.
I'll have to make (or have made) a 150' patch cable to get to a 
fullsized classroom but the cable they used for the short one 
looks to be one of the above types.  It looks almost twice the 
size of normal CAT5 with the pairs isolated/wrapped.  
Scott Parks
sparks@helix.eskimo.com 
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