Hard to judge what I don't know..where do you find this stuff Ken? My guesses, and I've spliced plenty of cable and climbed a lot of poles, so you'd think I'd know.

1. I think cables dropped the highest count first, so pair one would be the furthest out.

2. Think the same applied to poles, that's where they got it.

3. I'm with Ed on that one.

Retired phone dude