RE: CAT5e pricing?

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I *did* hear some talk a while back regarding a global shortage of
copper t=
hat was expected to push up the price of copper based products, including
e=
lectrical cable.. perhaps this has come to fruition?. I imagine a quick
Goo=
gle should reveal the price that copper has been trading at on the
internat=
ional markets for the last 12 months... (if you're that interested!)

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Martyn Wendon
> Sent: 21 January 2007 17:09
> To: UKHA_D Group
> Subject: [ukha_d] CAT5e pricing?
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> Is there a national shortage of CAT5e cable that's pushing the price
up?!=
?
> Screwfix and TLC both seem to be quoting approx =A360 for a 305m box!
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> The last CAT5e I bought was about 14 months ago and I recall paying
aroun=
d
> =A330 for a 305m box from Screwfix and TLC......
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> Has anybody bought any recently and can recommend somewhere at
reasonable
> cost?  Doesn't have to be the cheapest, but I want to buy four boxes
> ideally
> as it's quicker to pull runs of four.....
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