You made a good point that regular CAT5 actually can last quite a while, if someone wanted to use it. And the cheapest if they wanted to use PVC, at $60 a spool/box.
But a couple things to note... Shireen outdoor shielded cable is less expensive (or equivellent) in price to regular plenum CAT5. Shireen cable is also almost as easy to work with, as regular CAT5. Shiren cable is thin, and the right diameter to fill up most small hole passthrus (such as StarOS/Lucaya size) Shireen cable is UV rated, so it last in the "heat". Shireen cable is shielded, for good RF protection. Residential code does not require riser/plenum cable so it meets code to use PVC outdoor cable within a residence. But the big benefit of a direct bureal cable over a regular CAT5, is that its more resistent to things like roofers stepping on the cable and breaking it, or a Bird bighting holes in it. So there really isn't a good reason not to use Shireen cable, instead of reg CAT5, other than maybe availability. Shireen cable is no where near as durable as Superior essex, but again, there is no reason it has to be. The benefit of it, is that it offers the best of both worlds, better adequate protection with the ease similar to basic CAT5. But We also buy teh CAT5 jacks from Shireen that fit perfectly on the cable. Sonce we started doing that, all our bad crimp problems started going away. Actually, I'll admit some people complained the spools where flimbsy and easy to fall apart, but I never had a problem with that. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Rogato" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ethernet Cabling > My experience living in the rainy pacific northwest is, regular old blue > or grey cat 5 cable has lasted all the 10 years I've been doing this. I > use it on all my houses and buildings. > > White cat 5 does not work outdoors and deteriorates quickly. Should be > no surprise. > > Up a tower I use an a cable that is flooded and has an aluminum > sheath-tube over the inner cat 5 cable. > I've bought it for .17 and .25 per foot from an electrical supplier. I > like this stuff better than the typical armored gopher cable. > > One thing for certain working with cables is it's always a learnig > experience and as time goes on we seem to always find better techniques. > Call it the school of hard knocks. > > Working with rootennas and those ethernet pass throughs, I've learned to > tape them up like an n male connector and to actually fold the cat 5 > cable to under the passthrough and tape it in place there. > > Fixing water damaged connections is not a pleasant experience for me. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
