On 04-14-97 TONY COLONNO wrote to MIKE FARRILL... 
 
 TC>  -=> Quoting MIKE FARRILL to TONY COLONNO <=- 
 
 TC> -> Your local home hardware store should have some 4 conductor 
 TC> -> 24 gage solid copper phone cable. Be sure to get the one 
 TC> -> that is "rated for in wall use", not the modular phone 
 TC> -> cable. The former is a little more expensive than the 
 TC> -> latter but it has a thicker insulator jacket, cost is about 
 TC> -> 20 cents a foot. 
 
 TC> MF> How about 22 gauge wire, I think that might be better. 
 
 TC> I guess it would be ok if it has the proper insulation for 
 TC> phone line voltage. 
 
 TC> An other thing to take into consideration is the color coding 
 TC> of cable's wire insulation. If you get some non-standard wire 
 TC> that has different colors than regular phone cable it may 
 TC> cause confusion down the road if you, or someone else needs to 
 TC> work on the phone lines. Although, you could attach a note to 
 TC> the end of the new cable describing which wires are what. 
 
 TC> -> Also, be sure to use "crimp connectors" for all of your 
 
 TC> MF> Crimp connectors?? never seen those used for phone wire 
 TC> MF> connections. 
 
 TC> Yeah, they work much better than twisting the wires together 
 TC> then folding electrical tape on them. If you are trying reduce 
 TC> line noise, make sure all connections are good. 
 
 TC> Tony 
 
As far as twisted wire, crimp connectors (insulation 
displacement connector (IDC)), and good old solder, I will take a 
good old properly soldered connection any day.  Crimp (IDC) second 
and twisted wire third. 
 
Ed 
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