 The cables are typically made with copper wires measured at 22 or 24 American Wire Gauge (AWG), with the colored insulation typically made from an insulator such as polyethylene or FEP and the total package covered in a polyethylene jacket.For urban outdoor telephone cables containing hundreds or thousands of pairs, the cable is divided into small but identical bundles.Each bundle consists of twisted pairs that have different twist rates as pairs having the same twist rate within the cable can still experience some degree of crosstalk.