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Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:
Decent Cat 5/6 cable? |
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I am looking for a good quality Cat 6 cable. I have been put off
Belden's Datatwist because the pairs are bonded and I don't want the
installation hassle.
I have got some good pricing on Nexans (Alcatel). Anyone know if this
is a reasonable quality cable? |
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Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Decent Cat 5/6 cable? |
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I should add that it's theNexans LANmark 6 cable that I'm proposing to
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Justin
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Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:24 pm Post subject:
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no--spam@pandora.be wrote:
| Quote: | I should add that it's theNexans LANmark 6 cable that I'm proposing to
use.
As Berktek is a Nexans company on the US side of the pond, I would say |
that its similar to the Berktek LanMARK 2000, which is one of my
preferred cables. It's not the cheapest, but I wouldn't use the
cheapest cable anyway. |
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Al Dykes
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Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject:
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In article <YLRDe.117$W4.85135@okeanos.csu.net>,
Justin <jtoddDELETETHIS5dot1@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | no--spam@pandora.be wrote:
I should add that it's theNexans LANmark 6 cable that I'm proposing to
use.
As Berktek is a Nexans company on the US side of the pond, I would say
that its similar to the Berktek LanMARK 2000, which is one of my
preferred cables. It's not the cheapest, but I wouldn't use the
cheapest cable anyway.
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So what do the professionals look for in cable other than price, for
known name brands, at least.
ISTM that if the cable has CAT5e or CAT6 on the jacket it's going to
do the job and meet the requirements. I can understand that some
people don't like to work with cable that has the pairs bonded
together.
What else is there ?
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a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m
Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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Justin
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Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:
Re: Decent Cat 5/6 cable? |
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A couple other things to look for:
Is the tip just white or does it have the ring color as a tracer (ie
white with a blue stripe)? I will say MOST manufactures do this, but I
have seen semi-recently a MAJOR manufacture not.
The 'size' of the pull string in the cable. Some are hard to find,
particularly in low light.
I've had one particular manufacture whose cable jacket would burn very
easily when pulling.
Performance over the standard is important to me. I'll pay extra for a
cable that has guaranteed performance above the standard. At the same
time, I think that construction quality goes with the increased
performance. Get get the better performing cable, you have to construct
better cable.
And the least subjective of all, some cable just 'feels' better to work
with. Whether its the way it comes out of the box, or the jacket scores
when stripping, to the way the pairs lay when it is stripped.
Of course, price has to work into all that as well.
Al Dykes wrote:
| Quote: | In article <YLRDe.117$W4.85135@okeanos.csu.net>,
Justin <jtoddDELETETHIS5dot1@yahoo.com> wrote:
no--spam@pandora.be wrote:
I should add that it's theNexans LANmark 6 cable that I'm proposing to
use.
As Berktek is a Nexans company on the US side of the pond, I would say
that its similar to the Berktek LanMARK 2000, which is one of my
preferred cables. It's not the cheapest, but I wouldn't use the
cheapest cable anyway.
So what do the professionals look for in cable other than price, for
known name brands, at least.
ISTM that if the cable has CAT5e or CAT6 on the jacket it's going to
do the job and meet the requirements. I can understand that some
people don't like to work with cable that has the pairs bonded
together.
What else is there ?
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cableguy714
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Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject:
Re: Decent Cat 5/6 cable? |
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no--spam@pandora.be wrote:
| Quote: | I am looking for a good quality Cat 6 cable. I have been put off
Belden's Datatwist because the pairs are bonded and I don't want the
installation hassle.
I have got some good pricing on Nexans (Alcatel). Anyone know if this
is a reasonable quality cable?
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I would suggest buying cable from www.cyberxlink.com. I've used their
stranded, shielded, and plenum cable and it works great. They also have
very competive prices.
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Justin Time
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Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:
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So what do the professionals look for in cable other than price, for
known name brands, at least.
We usually look for consistency. Professionals want a cable that is
easy to work with, can be terminated quickly - which usually means no
bonded pairs - pulls easily out of the box and is generally tough
enough not to have the jacket cut the first time it runs into a burr or
sharp edge.
Cheapie cables don't cut it, and the expensive ones are used only if
the customer requests. That leaves the middle priced cables, Nexans,
Mohawk, General and a few others. Read the specs, buy the best for the
least and then test on how well it comes out of the box. Does it come
out fairly easily, does it kink, how about when you get near the end of
the box, does it hang-up in the box. Normal stuff when a job may
involve 20 or 30 boxes of cable and time is short. |
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