Description
Get the most out of your Ethernet network with Sewell bulk Cat6 cable. This Cat6 CCA cable is perfect for creating up to a 10 gigabit network in your home or office (10GBASE-T), and will also support gigabit networks (1000BASE-T), Fast Ethernet (100BASE-Tx), and 10BASE-T. It meets Cat6 specifications of 250mhz without the expensive price tag of pure copper. Check out comprehensive Fluke testing and specs in this PDF. For more information about CCA, check out this article.
Benefits of Cat6
While Cat5e does support gigabit network speeds, it has more problems with crosstalk and system noise. Cat5e and Cat6 cable are made up of 4 twisted pairs of conductors that are wrapped around each other. Crosstalk refers to the interference that happens between these twisted pairs. System noise is the interference from the surrounding environment. This usually comes in the form of electromagnetic interference (EMI), which can come from power lines, fluorescent lights, microwaves, etc. Cat6 cables have a thicker gauge that protects against interference and gives you much better signal quality. Because of this Cat6 cable is rapidly becoming the new standard for Ethernet networks.
Features
- Compact Pull Box of 250FT/76m CAT6 250MHz White
- Solid 23 AWG, 4 Twisted Pairs (UTP)
- Durable PVC jacket
- Conductor: 23AWG
- Wire Construction: CCA
Customer Reviews
Cable arrived quickly, but is not solid copper.IT Guy
I should have read closer when it said CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum), this is not to category 6 specification. At $20 it's probably not worth it to pay the return shipping.
Good productDtro
Really nothing to review. I was a good value for the price. So far works just fine.Not the 550 rating of other Cat6 but haven't notice a difference yet.
Excellent Cable at Excellent PriceSteve Lawson
Pulls easily from box - no snags after over 100' pulled. The pairs are tightly twisted and there's a plastic rib that runs the length of the cable that separates the pairs - presumably to reduce crosstalk. The wire is Copper Clad Aluminum [CCA] and there is some flack about that in the comments, but I see that as a plus, because it keeps the cost down and because of "skin effect" the wire is every bit as conductive as solid copper. Maybe this cable is not the best for patch cords that will be moved and flexed a lot, but for stable runs (like for a home/business network) it's not only adequate, I think it's superior to solid copper.This is excellent quality cable. I have one 60 to 70 foot run to a switch, and another from the switch to a Mac in a far room that is close to 100' and data rates seem to be just fine.I bought a box of this to solve a problem: we live in an apartment complex and everybody's got a WiFi! Because of that (and because not everybody knows not to use the channels between 1, 6 and 11) there is a lot of interference [especially the interchannel interference from the channels between 1,6, and 11] which pretty much makes WiFi all but unusable in our area. I tried a TP-LINK TL-WA850RE 300Mbps Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender, Repeater, but it suffered from the same problems with interchannel interference as does all of our WiFi devices [such as Cell Phones, Tablets, and Roku]. We live in a 3 bedroom apartment, and the Gateway is at one side of the house (in one of the bedrooms). One of the other bedrooms, where one of us has a Mac workstation, is at the other end of the apartment, beyond the living room and kitchen. After consistent Internet disconnects and the failure of the TP-LINK, I bought a box of this wire and ran a line to a switch in the living room for the Roku and then ran another line from the switch to that remote, third bedroom. Now the Mac workstation has consistent, sweet, data rates to and from the Internet!
just what it should bePapa Bear
it is what is said it wold be, and it works great i couldn't ask for more for the price
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