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Re: Bargains(tm)
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Tim" wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have been looking at buying some cat5e too. I found this=20
>=20
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAND-NEW-ROLL-OF-305M-CAT5E-ETHERNET-NETWORK-C=
ABLE-UK-/260727061942?pt=3DUK_Computing_NetworkingCables_RL&hash=3Ditem3cb4=
8b3db6
>=20
> =A330 a box delivered. Didn't buy it, but worth considering!
>=20
> No connection etc.
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> Tim.
>
It's cheap because it isn't copper. CCA is the weasel expression - copper
c=
oated aluminium. It may well be perfectly OK for most purposes, but I'd be
=
wary of it myself.=20
There's lots of dodgy cat 5 on ebay. I got caught with some that was so
thi=
n there's no way it would meet the spec.
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