On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:19, Greg Twyford wrote: > Jim Glaspole wrote: > > So I gather that Cat 5e will perform at better than 100Mb/s, the NIC and > > hub/switch/server are the constraints (not that I have any gripes with > > our current speed anyway)? I had believed that Cat 6 cable was > > hideously expensive until Horst's post. > > Jim > > Jim, > > At the local Lawrence and Hanson electrical wholesaler cat 5 300metre > rolls vary in price from $70 to $110 per roll. The $110 brand is the > very good stuff. The same brand of cat 6 was $140 a roll. > > Greg Cat6 is packaged differently, with the cable actually on a cable drum so it comes off without twisting. This will add to the price of a box. MSO only buys stuff in 500m lots; and he's out so I can't ask him what the real price is - the price you get quoted isn't the real wholesale price. You can only get to that price when you are a regular buyer of enough cable because then you get discounts off the 'wholesale' price according to your $ purchase value per annum. Liz
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