It's not a big deal either way but the TIA/EIA 570A Residential Standard recommends that each telephone outlet will be an RJ45 T-568A jack. Your points are legitimate, but I think the tide has clearly turned and almost everyone I know does A for residential and I think that's a strong argument to follow the standard.

Dean, as you will see if you look at the following links, if you compare 568A (shown in the first link) to USOC 6x4 (typcially used for telephone jacks) shown in the second link, the color codes are identical. The point being that what people typically do now is wire all jacks with the 568A configuration and then it can be used for voice OR data and the wiring code is consistent.




p.s. Yes, Brijaws we do certify. We use HP Wirescope 350's.