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Re: Re: Cat5 cable for running outside



----- Original Message -----
From: "Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG)" <haweste@xxxxxxx;

> Fair point, and is in actual fact what I want to do. However, the run
is
around 80m and lead time for pre-terminated fiber is about a week. I needed
a
solution quicker than that - like delivery tomorrow from RS :-)
>
> > I suppose the cable is the expensive bit, depends how far you
have
> > to go really.
>
> 2x 100meg media converters, patch leads plus 2x 10/100 switches are
about 300
quid total, 2-off lightning arrestors for copper are about the same. So the
'boxes' cost is a wash. Cable should be cheaper with copper, and I don't
need a
specialist to terminate it. Not so with fiber.
>
> The actual fiber cable is pretty cheap, a quick google gave about GBP
1 per
metre for 4-core external grade cable. The expensive part is the
termination - I
work on a budget price of 10-15 quid per connector which then gives total
cost
of around 180 quid.
>
> Googling for "external utp" gave a price of 120 quid for
305m, but back-order
only :-((

Is this any use? -
http://www.datalinkcabling.co.uk/cat_5e_6_data_products.html
- "Cat 5e UTP solid
External 305mtr/1000ft" £79.99 + VAT

Dave





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