Cat5 for phone cable?

[redly]

my gut is telling me yes, but is there any reason I can't use Cat5 cable to run phone lines?

I've got 1000ft of cable I've had for years, and I am wiring up my house for a network, so I figure I might as well run lines for the phones too.

 

[spidey07]

sure.

 

[Kelemvor]

Couple extra wires you won't need but it will work fine. All our lines at work go over Cat5 including the cheapie old phones.

 

[Wizkid]

You can actually run 4 phone lines over one CAT5 cable.