Where to buy network patch cables?

Aztech

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Any good sites or good deals out there? I need various lenghts of network patch cables...
 

Crusty

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If you are buying more then a couple dollars worth of cable check out http://www.monoprice.com

They charge standard shipping rates, even for a $0.10 cable so keep that in mind. Otherwise their prices are always really low and their service is really fast.
 

In2Photos

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I just bought a bunch of cables from Monoprice for less than I would have spent for one cable at a local store. Definitely consider them.
 

RebateMonger

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Monoprice's cables are dirt-cheap, very reasonable shipping, wide-selection, and very fast shipping. I hate to sound like an advertisement, but I've never found any place better.
 

Fullmetal Chocobo

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Everyone always mentions the price of patch cables at monoprice, but how is the quality? I'm guessing at least decent?
 

zerogear

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Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Everyone always mentions the price of patch cables at monoprice, but how is the quality? I'm guessing at least decent?

I have yet to see a difference between the 5 ft cable I got for 23$ at BestBuy and the 1-2$ I got for 10ft at monoprice. No data corruption of any sort, so I'm happy.
 

Blain

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A good crimper, some connectors and some bulk Cat5e might be in order if you plan on networking from now on.
Make sure and buy a Cable Tester if you're going to make your own.
 

ultimatebob

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5 foot Cat 6 cables for $1.30 each? That's dirt cheap. Damn, I know where I'm going the next time I need cables!
 

RebateMonger

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Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Everyone always mentions the price of patch cables at monoprice, but how is the quality? I'm guessing at least decent?
I don't have a Fluke to measure them. I can say that I've used hundreds of them over the past couple of years and have yet to have any apparent problem with one. I give them away to clients when I've dug into their network trying to find why things aren't working properly. The cause is often the use of hand-crimped cables.
 

Aztech

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WoW, it's unanimous then, Monoprice! I've bought my A/V cables from them a while back, I didn't think about them for network cables for some reason...

Thanks for posting!
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: ultimatebob
5 foot Cat 6 cables for $1.30 each? That's dirt cheap. Damn, I know where I'm going the next time I need cables!

its maybe 2-3 bucks at frys:p

monoprice is ok if you need a lot of very short ones, or can wait
 

ultimatebob

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
5 foot Cat 6 cables for $1.30 each? That's dirt cheap. Damn, I know where I'm going the next time I need cables!

its maybe 2-3 bucks at frys:p

monoprice is ok if you need a lot of very short ones, or can wait

I don't have a Fry's out here... only Staples and Best Buy. They love charging $15 for stuff like that :|

Hell... I'm thinking about buying in bulk and selling them to my co-workers :)
 

s44

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Best "need it now" local place = Lowe's/Home Depot

But yeah, Monoprice.
 

faxon

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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
5 foot Cat 6 cables for $1.30 each? That's dirt cheap. Damn, I know where I'm going the next time I need cables!

its maybe 2-3 bucks at frys:p

monoprice is ok if you need a lot of very short ones, or can wait

try $6.99, for a 7 foot CAT6 UTP cable. i just retagged about a thousand yesterday. $1 price hikes ftw. 14' cables are only $2 more now lmao
 

Zap

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Originally posted by: Fullmetal Chocobo
Everyone always mentions the price of patch cables at monoprice, but how is the quality? I'm guessing at least decent?

Price? Low.

Quality? Good.

Shipping? Cheap.

I've purchased a few times from Monoprice and I'll likely purchase again in the future.
 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: faxon
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
5 foot Cat 6 cables for $1.30 each? That's dirt cheap. Damn, I know where I'm going the next time I need cables!

its maybe 2-3 bucks at frys:p

monoprice is ok if you need a lot of very short ones, or can wait

try $6.99, for a 7 foot CAT6 UTP cable. i just retagged about a thousand yesterday. $1 price hikes ftw. 14' cables are only $2 more now lmao

lol once they had the pink ka-bling cables free after rebate.

hot pink cat 5 with plastic gems embedded in the plug plastic. hilarious stuff:)