[RndTbl] Cat 6 cable

[Adrian Stoness]

you dont need a pst to shop at eecol bought lots stuff there without one
shrug



On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net> wrote:

> I usually buy cable from either FS.com or primecable.com.  If you have a
> PST# you can get it faster w/o shipping at Anixter or EECOL or any other
> electrical distributor.
>
> Cat 6/6A/7 is good if you want to run multi-gig or 10GBASE-T.
> *Significantly* harder to work with and terminate compliantly than Cat5e -
> strongly recommend the "self-terminating" jacks both M and F if you go that
> route.
>
> IMHO, YMMV, etc.
>
> -Adam
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> *From:* Roundtable <roundtable-bounces at muug.ca> on behalf of Kevin
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> *Sent:* Monday, February 26, 2024 9:22:48 PM
> *To:* Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable at muug.ca>
> *Subject:* [RndTbl] Cat 6 cable
>
> What's the going price for a 1000' box of Cat 6 cable? Is there a good
> place to buy it in Winnipeg, or order online? I'm thinking of running some
> network cable in my house, most likely 1 GbE. I had previously used Cat 5E.
> Should I stick with that instead of 6?
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