snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (Richard P. Kubeck) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3273.bay.webtv.net:
The reason you don't see coiled cord in applications intended for high speed data transmission is that the coiling would introduce an inductance factor that would affect the transmission speed. But as someone pointed out, DCC is not using particularly high data rates. The cabs seem to come with 8-wire flat cable, similar to the USOC standards for hybrid telephones once common on AT&T/Lucent PBX systems. Obviously, if it is flat, all the discussion of CAT3, CAT5, CAT6, etc. is moot. The CAT specs differ significantly only in the number of twists per foot and flat cable has no twists. You might try telephone supply houses for 8-wire coiled cords. Or perhaps GrayBar Electric if they have a location near you.