[olug] [OT] Buying Cat5 cable locally...best price?

Rob Townley rob.townley at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 18:16:01 UTC 2012


True Cat6 connectors are actually a little different and _can_ be a pain.
For most home use, however, the connectors will not really matter.

Someday, when i am done with my wiring project, i may have extra Cat5e, but
it will not be in time.

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:

> > CC in Bellevue is your best bet.  Graybar carries it too.  I paid the
> same price for CAT6 last time I bought some.
>
> Yeah, I don't think I'd run cat-5 again.  Cat6 will get you longer runs
> at GigE speeds and short runs at 10Gig.  The labor is the same either way.
>
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