Dripstone - 907142 2 Pairs Aerial Telephone Cable with Steel Messenger 500FT Outdoor UV Proof & Weatherproof Wire, Black (B07BGF2L76)

This is a great deal on phone cable with a steel messenger. The conductors strip easily (with a dull pocketknife, even) and I experienced no breaking. Itʻs been laid on the ground, some aerial, and in the rainforest - a tough environment. Weʻll see if it can resist water penetration, since itʻs not a filled cable.

We installed over 3500' on telephone poles. Worked great. The messenger cable is very strong and easy to use. Keep in mind that the 2 pair conductors are 24ga wire so you must use the proper strippers and technique so as not to break the wires. Cutting the outside insulation without cutting into the 24ga wire is the prime factor to success.

Definitely not 24 ga. as it says. If you just look at it while trying to strip it it breaks, not good stuff!

Very solid, thick wire, really amazing value.

This is phone cable, designed for outdoor runs. The outer casing is great, the steel trace wire is great. But the core copper wire is so unbelievably thin and brittle that I can't give this better than a "2". After stringing the wire I began stripping ends for the connection. I've done PLENTY of phone wiring; I know how to strip wire ends. I nearly ran out of lead wire because it kept breaking at the slightest touch -and I do mean "slightest". That is unacceptable.

This is what you need if you want to run your DSL line to another building. I have an 80 foot span to mine and it's holding up great. Steel cable for strength and two twisted pairs. Better than what the phone company used to the house. Amazing price for what you get.

Good quality cable

Ran this from my landlord house to mine for internet . Between his and my house should be 400-500 feet but I ran out like 50 ft before it reached my house so I think it's deff shorter then it says . But the phone company just ran rest of the feet I needed so since I didn't even enuf I had to lay it across the ground . It so far has lasted the whole winter. I wanted to run it across the trees so it didn't get run over but don't have a choice right now . So now this spring I will have to buy a even longer one and rerun it

This type of exterior telephone cable seems to be impossible to find in stores. It is not as thick or as heavy in terms of the overhead telephone cable used by the utility for the service drop, but for my purposes it is more than adequate for connecting an extension phone to my shed. Easy to work with, the conductors did NOT keep breaking as I was trying to remove the insulation.

Promised on Friday arrived on Sunday

Purchased this product expecting to get 654 feet as advertised but only received 500. Got merchants contact information but have been unable to get in touch with anyone. Phone number keeps going to answering machine which is full so unable to even leave a message. Otherwise, product is as advertised and would give 5 stars of not for the false description.

The first one is easy. Ad says 200m (656ft) what arrived was 500ft. So almost 50m short. Thankfully I didn't need more than 500ft for my application. Second, the wire is very brittle. It breaks very easily while stripping and with very little bending. It's really thin. Give yourself extra to work with. You may need a couple of shots at stripping and connecting to a terminal. The steel messenger was fine it is just the actual conductor that's fragile. It's installed and working. Not sure it will stay that way.

This wire is sold as 300m or 636'. The roll is labelled 500'. If the length is important, you might be disappointed.