[olug] [OT] Buying Cat5 cable locally...best price?

Chad Homan choman at gmail.com
Tue Aug 7 17:47:32 UTC 2012


Locally i thought dit had some reasonable prices. 50' $16, 25'$10, etc.
Ditcorp.com
On Aug 7, 2012 12:44 PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> I need to re-run some Cat5 data runs in my house.  I estimate that a 500'
> spool should be plenty (probably 250' should work).  The no-name brand at
> Lowes is fairly pricey, and I haven't checked with Computer Cable
> Connection in Bellevue.  Any other local places to check before buying?
>
> I need this real soon, so Amazon Prime might be an option.  But everything
> that I'm seeing there seems to be  "Copper Clad Aluminum" as opposed to
> solid copper wires.  I'm a bit hesitant about CCA, but if enough people
> tell me it's perfectly fine I'll give it a shot.  (My current cables are
> ~12 years old and are solid copper.)
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --
> ***************** ************* *********** ******* ***** *** **
> "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
>     (Who can watch the watchmen?)
>     -- from the Satires of Juvenal
> "I do not fear computers, I fear the lack of them."
>     -- Isaac Asimov (Author)
> ** *** ***** ******* *********** ************* *****************
> _______________________________________________
> OLUG mailing list
> OLUG at olug.org
> https://lists.olug.org/mailman/listinfo/olug
>



More information about the OLUG mailing list