Thanks Joe. I remember seeing it and scratching my head. Why not 8x3? It filled the blocks better! I was at Lenox Hill Hospital in those days and we had just finished wiring 3,000+ stations - all with 3 pair. We had 2500 sets for the patients,GTE Flashcomm (analog SLT sets with hold and flash) and Eagle electronic Key for Admin. All sitting behind a GTD-4600 CO.
For Data we used the same 3 pair with Baluns for IBM cluster controllers.
From there I went to Irving Trust. Same set up. 3 pair was all we needed. Electronic Key was either ITT or Eagle. Easy to run, easy to term, easy to use. 8 cables on each side of a 66 block. I guess it was around 1988 that we started experimenting with Cat 5 - but just for Data. Voice was still 3 pair Cat 3.
Sam
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