> I ran a 1Gbps drop over mostly cat 5e with a ~ 20 foot section of cat 3 for many years with no apparent issues (repurposed a buried 4-pair pots drop to a sepa

> I ran a 1Gbps drop over mostly cat 5e with a ~ 20 foot section of cat 3 for many years with no apparent issues (repurposed a buried 4-pair pots drop to a separate structure for ethernet). Oh man that takes me back. I did the same thing though it was for 100Mpbs at the time. I distinctly remember staring at the twisted pairs prior to starting and wondering, “Is the actually going to work?”