[PLUG] DIY wiring supply source?

Don Buchholz buchholz at easystreet.net
Thu Sep 11 16:27:04 UTC 2008


frank hunt wrote:
> Rich Shepard wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008, Stafford Rau wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking for suggestions for a local, reasonably-priced supplier here
>>> in town for a big spool of CAT-5 wire, crimp-on RJ-11 and RJ-45 ends, the
>>> DSL splitter, and miscellaneous phone junction boxes, wall jacks, etc.
>> Stafford,
>>
>>    Much of the standard POTS stuff is available at Home Depot (and probably
>> Lowe's, too). Fry's, sigh, has cat5 and cat6 cables, terminals, and crimping
>> tools. Probably have the DSL stuff, too.
>>
>>    Rather than rushing and risking uncontrollable twitching from your wife
>> and daughter if the change takes too long, or uncontrollable cursing from
>> you for the same reason, consider running new wires first and changing the
>> connections to equipment after everything is installed.
>>
>> Rich
>>
> 
> I work at Home Depot (South Beaverton store in appliances now but 
> formerly in electrical) and we have all of the stuff needed for POTS. 
> Not sure about the filters however.  There might be some in the 
> Structured Media systems but I don't recall seeing anything recently. 
> When I had DSL, Verizon installed the filter at the DMARC so no worries 
> there.  Now, I'm Comcastic.
> 

Is URS still in business?
  ... somewhere around NE Couch and 7th ...



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