Ordering 1000ft of ethernet, what and where?

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I'm trying to determine specifically what too pick up for a 1000ft bulk box of ethernet. Something that will last as I'm sure 1000ft would.

I was considering going with the Cat6 solid shielded.

From what I've seen on websites I do understand Cat6 has a mucher higher price point than CAT5e. I've been seeing Cat6 Solid Shielded at about $220+ for 1000ft. But, I can accept that price point as I expect this too perform well over a long future as I expect this amount too last.

Here is what I've found so far.

http://www.vpi.us/cat6-bulk-cable.html
http://www.vpi.us/catacc-plugs.html

Note: The reason I want this as I often find myself wishing I had my own spool of ethernet cable to put together myself. Instead of buying single lengths individually. If I'm going to make this purchase of 1,000ft of eithernet I want it to be "future" proof as much as I can without going completely overboard. So, I chose the Cat6. Which I am set on that. I am however not sure of the other details as I've not read into this quite as much yet, that being the "solid" variable. I understand the use of shielded and it may not always be necessary, but I'd like to have it.

I'm still looking to know if the place I found is a good buy or if there is better for the money, both in caps and ethernet.

Edit: I'm also curious if I can get or make "weather safe" Ethernet too run outdoors, I've not seen this type of ethernet often. I usually see something about running it into PVC. Which would get crushed or look weird where it'll be getting run.
 
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Network data rates are always quoted in bits. Bytes are used by application since it more represents data storage media.

The last stuff I bought I think I got from some vendor associated with amazon because it had free shipping. The key thing to really watch out for is when it says CCA or copper clad aluminum. I am still not sure if they can call this cat-5e or they can call it that but can't claim it meets the TIA spec.
Not sure I always use solid copper cables. I just ran a quick search on amazon and most the really cheap stuff is coming up CCA.
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bill001g

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Cat 6 will not "future" proof against anything. The future is already here.

Cat 5e and cat 6 are both rated to 100m at 1g/sec. Very technically cat6 could do something like 3g or 4g at 100m but the industry has gone directly to 10g. You must have cat6a or cat7 to go 100m at 10g.

So you either have 1g connections which cat 5e is good enough for or you have 10g which you need cat6a. Cat 6 is a dead product and was from the day it came on the market.

Now shielded cable costs much more but is only needed in very special cases. Even in those cases you must have the proper equipment that is designed to properly use it. The key to making shielded cable work is grounding the shield. If you look at the RJ45 connectors you will see they are different, they have metal tabs on the sides of plugs. These must connect to similar metal in the jacks that is connected to the ground. The vast majority of equipment does not have this path to ground. Pretty much if you can not identify why exactly you need shielded cable and how you are going to get the grounding done you do not need it.

Outdoor cable is a very special case. You have 2 things that you need to protect against. The soil which can eat the plastic coating and water. It is a cost thing PVC pipe tends to be a little cheaper than special cable. Still many people run normal ethernet cable outdoors all the time. As long as you do not bury it or it is constantly in water it will work. Mostly over many years the sun can damage the coatings and rain can then corrode the copper wires. My brother has has a long just stapled to his fence for more than 5 years now to run a security camera and so far its fine. He figured it would be cheaper rerun it even every year than to buy the expensive outdoor cable.
 
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I've looked into Cat 6a and Cat 7 and both seem quite the penny. Suppose at this point I'm just going to pick up Cat 5e and get Cat 6a/7 as needed for certain connections.

I'm also curious to know is Ethernet measure with gigabyte or gigabit? I'd assume Gigabit as it seems most network devices/services are. I still hate the fact Gigabit even exists. Seems solely for misconception than anything.

So, what about brands or places to buy from? Is what I chose a good product?
 
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bill001g

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Network data rates are always quoted in bits. Bytes are used by application since it more represents data storage media.

The last stuff I bought I think I got from some vendor associated with amazon because it had free shipping. The key thing to really watch out for is when it says CCA or copper clad aluminum. I am still not sure if they can call this cat-5e or they can call it that but can't claim it meets the TIA spec.
Not sure I always use solid copper cables. I just ran a quick search on amazon and most the really cheap stuff is coming up CCA.
 
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