Re: Cat-6 Installation Advice

["Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<scary_penguin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm finishing a basement, and leaning towards installing Cat-6 to four
> data points.  My current plan is to run the cable about 6 inches off
> the ground (to stay below electrical outlets, to attach the cable to
> the back side of the stud wall by some suitably gentle method, and to
> run the cable alongside coax and phone cable where they're going to the
> same place).
>
> 1) Despite the fact that I'm not going through the studs, the back side
> of a stud wall (between the stud and the foundation) is "non-plenum,"
> right?

Right.

> 2) Most people sell 1000' spools, but I only need 500'.  Is there a
> search that I should use to find 500' spools of bonded-pair cat6?

I sell cable in 500 and 1000 foot lengths.

> 3) Am I planning anything dumb?

Not so far.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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