have used it previously (it was a belden powersum cmp cable) in limited fashion for a data installation and it certified ok, with no problems reported by the customer since (this was strictly a 100 megabit network).

now there's a situation where for a variety of reasons we may have to use this again, although in a more complex install that involves voice as well as data (up to gigabit), vga-over-utp (for projectors) and possibly serial-over-utp for enviromental sensors. it seems that we have to go the idf-to-mdf route, and using this as backbone between the floor boxes and the equipment room has been suggested.

i've used cat3 multipair as backbone in the somewhat distant past - but these were 10megabit nets. also used cat3 multipair extensively for voice. but this is a magnitute higher. usually we would opt for fiber or preterminated assemblies, but cost and simplicity is a factor here.

your opinion, if any?