Cat6 in 100+meter rolls

[kneedowndeano]

Anyone know the best/cheapest place to buy a few boxes?
I am going to get the new house re-wired and at the same time i'm going to run cat6 around the house.

thanks
KDD

[monkeyhanger]

kneedowndeano said:

Anyone know the best/cheapest place to buy a few boxes? I am going to get the new house re-wired and at the same time i'm going to run cat6 around the house. thanks KDD

Local electrical wholesalers.

Comes in something silly like a 300 metre boxed reel

[arcturus]

I believe I can supply it in 305m reels, but can't check the price with the wholesaler until tomorrow pm.

You could look here or here or here but seems a bit expensive.

Will post back tomorrow evening with a price.

[roadsweeper]

I just bought mine from Maplin when I built my new CAT6 internal network at home.

100m was around £70 I think.

[sjg]

netshop.co.uk do the 305m boxes of solid Cat6 for 64+vat each.

If you can live with Cat5e (which is still good enough for gigabit ethernet), the cost is around a third of that.

>> Edited by sjg on Thursday 28th July 00:00

[BliarOut]

If you actually want it to pass Cat6, read up a bit on installation practices first, otherwise it won't perform at Cat6 levels. If your builders tread on it, drop stuff on it or put ladders on it etc. you will need to bin it and start again. You also need to watch things like bend radii and installation pull poundage. Oh, and don't expose more than 13mm of twist either. In a word, treat the cables like eggs and you won't go far wrong.

Here is a good starting point.
www.belden.com/college/college.htm

[Kneedowndeano]

Very useful site Blairout, i didn't know that cable could be so sensitive.
Everyone that i've spoken to say that if i'm having new cables installed, might be best to go for CAT6 to future proof it. As i was thinking of setting up a music and video server and having it pumped around the house, it seemed like the best idea.

Also thanks for the other sites guys. I assume that 2 boxes (of 300meters) should be ok for what i want (i hope).

[BliarOut]

It *might* be an idea to consider running fibre in at the same time if you really want to "future proof". With bandwidth going the way it is it could become essential in a short while. If you don't want that expense at the mo, just make sure that while you have the fabric of the building available you put draw wires in.... And test they work before you seal her up!

HTH

[arcturus]

Back at last with a price.

Not as cheap as I'd hoped but I can do 1000' reels of solid core Cat6 for £60 plus £8.50 delivery plus VAT.

Mail me through profile if this is of any help.

>> Edited by arcturus on Thursday 28th July 22:11