Can I use Cat5e as a telephone cable?

Question

In my office, we are currently subscribed to four phone lines (one of them is a DSL) and a fax line, making 5 in total.I have a thousand feet of Cat5e networking cables, and they have eight wires in them. Am I able to use Cat5 cables to serve a telephone wire? And is the Cat5 able to cater to four lines and I'll use a separate one for DSL?

If my assumptions are wrong, please tell me how I am able to use Cat5 as a telephone cable.

Answer 1

sure, cat5e is just a bit more expensive than common telephone wire.

blue/white is line 1

orange/white is line 2

green/white is line 3

brown/white is line 4

Phone wires are ALWAYS paired, so you have 4 pair wire, not 8 conductor.

Answer 2

Yep go for it mate, what you've said is ok to do....however it is rather expensive cable to use for just speech !!!

Answer 3

Sure you can use it.  Here is a tutorial on how to do it.

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~kurisuto/phon...

Good luck with your project.

Answer 4

Sure you can. Just use the wires inside that you need.