My experience is you get raped buying local. The going rate is $35 for a 500' spool of cat5e online. Or $65 for 1000'. Check froogle.google.com.
Be sure to get wire that doesn't have the pairs "bonded" as it becomes a real PITA to make terminations when you have to separate conductors. Also, if you are going to be punching it down in an attic, make sure you get wire that does not have transparent insulation on any of the pairs, in a dark attic making terminations, you are guaranteed to get some pairs swapped if you have that style of wire. As mentioned already, you'll probably want to purchase a 110 punchdown tool. On 4/25/07, michael dolan <michaeldolan at gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to wire my house with cat-5. Can anyone recommend a good (cheap) > place locally to buy a few hundred feet of cat-5? Should I just order it? > I also have no experience running cable, but seems like it should be fairly > easy. Anyone have any good tips? > > -- > Michael Dolan > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
