[KwartzLab] Where to get Cat6 cable?

[Eric Gerlach]

Given the price difference that you're suggesting, you're right, it's
probably regular cable. We never would have spent that much on cat5e
:-)

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Ben Brown <ben at kwartzlab.ca> wrote:
> That sounds like regular Cat5e cable... plenum is usually around $180+.
>
> Ben
>
> On 9/2/2012 1:53 PM, Eric Gerlach wrote:
>> Don't know off-hand, and the spool isn't in front of me right now.
>> Maybe someone with more expertise (I'm looking at you Cedric) can
>> comment on whether or not it's likely fire-rated based on the price of
>> $82+tax for 1000 ft.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's it fire-rated? It occurs to me that that is a good idea.
>>>
>>> On Sep 2, 2012 1:22 PM, "Eric Gerlach" <eric+kwartzlab at gerlach.ca> wrote:
>>>> How does $70 sound? It was $82+tax originally (from Primespec)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> How much do you want for it?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 1, 2012 3:50 PM, "Eric Gerlach" <eric+kwartzlab at gerlach.ca>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> I have a spool of 800+ft of cat5e that I'm willing to sell off.
>>>>>> Interested?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Eric
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Aaron Wiebe <epiphani at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Sayal Electronics is good for this kind of thing.
>>>>>>> http://www.sayal.com -- they have a store out near sportsworld drive.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That said, I've done the same thing, and couldn't justify the extra
>>>>>>> cost of cat6 over cat5e.  IIRC, cat6 is more than 3x the cost of
>>>>>>> cat5e.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Aaron
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:35 PM, Darcy Casselman <dscassel at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm starting to wire up the house for ethernet, something I've
>>>>>>>> wanted
>>>>>>>> to do since I moved in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yeah, wifi's great and all, but who doesn't want to cut holes in
>>>>>>>> plaster and fish wires? Srsly.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Anyone have a decent supplier for Cat6 networking cable?  I don't
>>>>>>>> need
>>>>>>>> much, probably just a couple hundred feet for the whole house.  Home
>>>>>>>> Depot seems a touch pricey to me...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Darcy.
>>>>>>>>
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