Re: CAT5e pricing?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yep ... 'did happen, and it has been coming down again ...

best plot I could find :

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,8211,00.html

Chris



Paul Gordon wrote:

>I *did* hear some talk a while back regarding a global shortage of
copper that was expected to push up the price of copper based products,
including electrical cable.. perhaps this has come to fruition?. I imagine
a quick Google should reveal the price that copper has been trading at on
the international markets for the last 12 months... (if you're that
interested!)
>
>Paul G.
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>>-----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?
>>
>>Is there a national shortage of CAT5e cable that's pushing the
price up?!?
>>Screwfix and TLC both seem to be quoting approx £60 for a 305m
box!
>>
>>The last CAT5e I bought was about 14 months ago and I recall paying
around
>>£30 for a 305m box from Screwfix and TLC......
>>
>>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.....
>>
>>