Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
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
Liz,
This was in the same boxes that have the drum inside and the cable comes
out through a plastic spigot designed for the purpose identically to the
cat 5 I referred to. I have a box in my garage, it is very easy to use
for smaller jobs.
It allows cablers to pull out lengths direct from the box. I'm not sure
if this pacakaging would also be useful with setting up the large
bundles one sees in large implementations with a 100 plus outlet patch
panel and switch cabinet.
Greg
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