Where do you buy your cat from... need 1000

[Vette73]

Trying to see where people get their plenum Cat6 and Cat5e cable from? Looking to get 1000feet of each. Cat6 for Ethernet and Cat5e for the phone.

I checked Lowes/homedepot but they are more costly then some I have seen online. So trying get some good plenum cable for the lowest cost. Also what about patch panels, plugs, etc...

 

[Insane3D]

http://www.monoprice.com/

http://www.partsexpress.com/

Just a couple off the top of my head...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Those are two good recommendations, cablesforless.com has some as well but I haven't compared any prices:
1. http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2424
2. http://www.cablesforless.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2423

 

[edro]

You need 1000 plenum rated cats?

 

[spaceman]

not home depot.
i just wow'ed at the price and kept moving.

 

[43st]

Belden or Liberty usually. I think Belden is cheaper, but that may just be the terms.

 

[lokiju]

Frys.

 

[Kelnoen]

Boxed or drum?

 

[sswingle]

Ebay. Got a box a while back for really cheap. Not plenum though. Mine wasnt plenum though.

 

[Turin39789]

From the pound

 

[DivideBYZero]

www.BulkCatsOnline.com/Bulk

 

[Kelemvor]

I go with PCConnection because I still get a good deal there. But can check out newegg, conputergeeks, buy.com, etc.

As for keystone type wall jacks, I get all mine from http://www.lanshack.com or form PCConnection if I get them with the cable to save on shipping.

What sort of prices have you been seeing so far?

 

[randomlinh]

i was looking at monoprice... did cat5e go up in price or something? I bought 1000' of cat5e from home depot for $60 back in the day.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

what a let down

i was like wtf does this guy want a 1000 cats for?

 

[Kelemvor]

This is what I used to wire up my house:
http://it.pcconnection.com/web/Shopping/Product.htm?&product%5Fid=353710

I paid $22.47 for 250' back in April.

 

[Skel]

Originally posted by: edro
You need 1000 plenum rated cats?

For some reason this was the first thought I had when I read the subject.

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
what a let down

i was like wtf does this guy want a 1000 cats for?

Exactly what I thought. This thread is 1000 times less interesting than I'd hoped.

 

[EvilYoda]

LOL, that took like 3 reads to understand. Good luck with sticking those cats in the ceiling and walls.

 

[Danman]

Graybar. Check them out, I just got some Plenum cable from them.

 

[So]

Meaow.

 

[AbsolutDealage]

This is where I got mine, although from what I remember it was a lot cheaper when I bought it.

EDIT: Indeed. I just looked it up and the exact same item used to be $40 last year. I guess those copper prices really do make a difference.

 

[d3n]

Cat5 prices went up because of the spike in copper when all the commodities like oil were going nuts. Greybar is worth looking at.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: ncircle
not home depot.
i just wow'ed at the price and kept moving.

Yea I thought they use to be ok after a 10% off coupon or so. But they are not competitive anymore IMO.

Originally posted by: Kelnoen
Boxed or drum?

Which ever is cheaper.


Thanks I will check out all the sites people have listed later.

 

[Vette73]

Bump for late shift

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
what a let down

i was like wtf does this guy want a 1000 cats for?

Exactly what I thought. This thread is 1000 times less interesting than I'd hoped.

Yeah, i was gonna say ask the chinese but nevermind.