> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Wayne Johnson wrote:
> Cat3's actually a different grade of wire, it's just like Cat5 (8
> wires), just less twists per inch. I actually think you can get 2-pair
> Cat3/Cat5, but the more common is 4-pair.

you can get 2-pair wire that has enough twists to be used for ethernet,
but iirc for it to be cat-5 and for it to certified as such it has to be
4-pair

 -munir