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Old 10th Mar 2019, 12:18 am   #26
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Default Re: External telephone line junction box.

in my day- open wire was copper, but dropwire could be either copper coated steel or cadmium. Coper to give the transmission qualities, and a steel/cadmium inner to give strength. It's almost like the transmission properties of a co ax cable. Modern day drop wire has a two pair copper system, with steel cateniary supporting the drop wire.
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