Cable Matters [UL Listed] 10Gbps in-Wall (CM) Rated 23AWG Bare Copper Shielded Cat 6A Cable - 1000ft, Solid, S/STP, S/FTP Shielded Cat6a Bulk Ethernet Cable, Cat6a Ethernet Cord, Blue

This is excellent cable. Each conductor is 23AWG, which means it's very thick and it's solid copper. That means you are going to have no issues getting 1G or even 10G speeds on it. It's shielded so you can run it next to power cables if you need to. You can only terminate it with a shielded keystone jack made for it or a shielded patch panel. It's too thick for most Cat 6A RJ45 plugs. You cannot make patch panels out of this. The green/white, brown/white etc wires are all completely white so you have to be keep track when you wire this up to a jack. If you don't need the shielding get unshielded cable, it's easier to work with.As long as you know what you are getting it's great cable. I wish cable matters sold some oversize RJ45 plugs that worked with this cable so I could use the leftover cable for patch cables.Edit: I've found reasonably priced RJ45 plugs that can be used to terminate this wire so you can make patch cables or terminate it without having to use a patch panel. I had a lot of leftover cable and wanted to be able to use it for patch panels. The Platinum Tools Cat6A Shielded Jacks, Platinum Tools part number 106192C work. It's not easy to get the jack on right and you'll probably waste a few jacks with bad terminations before you get the hang of it but after wasting 4 jacks I've gotten about 30 on now and they work fine. The cable is really thick and not super flexible so it's not ideal for patch cables but still you can make them and they work great.Do not get the Platinum Tools EZRJ45 jacks where the cable passes through the front of the jack. Those don't work.

This is a really good cable. I purchased it about 6 years ago.Great quality and truthful listing.However, understand that this is a very thick cable. You want to use this to install in house for future proof and they are very annoying to terminate with tips. They are so darn thick that it will take you 10 minutes to each tip, the first time you terminate a tip will take you an hour to try to figure out the best method to squeeze it all inside the terminate tip; afterwards it will 10 minutes for each. Meaning that you don’t want to use this for patch cables. Use this wire for your high quality main-line runs. Where the bulk of signal travels. Like connecting a hot spot to a router, or a hub to a router or main line coming in, or your main server etc. Try to use those punch down connector instead of having to put a tip on the Cable to avoid this. If you truly need to put a tip on it. You need to get the largest tip possible.Use these tips:Click to see full viewITBEBE 50 Pieces - Gold Plated End Pass Through RJ45 Cat6, Cat6a Bold Connector for 23 AWG Cables : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G2Q1KSD?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_6&th=1I confirm that these tips are big ones and that they fit. Yet still, they will be troublesome to fit. Also, these tips do not have the shielding that is offered by others. But when I tried to buy the tip with that metal shield they did not fit. It is up to you if you want to use the one I am suggesting.This cable is truly copper. Truly wound tight and has a nice AWG and truly has fast speed. Each pair is truly shielded and the whole cable is shielded too os the outside.Picture below shows an example of how thick it is, compared to others. The white one is this listing and the blue wire is a CAT6 UTNotice I used the cable and terminated it with punch down through a patch bay. Then used patch cables for short length.Good luck.

Recently ran about 5000 feet of this throughout my office building, because I wanted to future-proof the runs and as of 568 C.1, Cat6a is the standard for commercial buildings. That being said, if you're never used it, you should know what to expect.First, you will not be able to make patch cords with this cable, the jacket surrounding the copper is much too thick to fit into the modular connector. You will only be able to connect to keystone jacks and patch panels.Second, the cable is very thick, so plan to leave plenty of space behind patch panels, and take your time when finalizing it into place. If you force it, some of the pairs are likely to fall out of place.Third, it takes more time than your typical Cat6 or 5e to install because is SSTP. In order to get to the pairs, you must first remove the blue jacket, which is thicker than normal cable. I had to actually press down on the stripping tool and rotate it in order to cut through it. Don't worry, you won't cut into the pairs unless you're absolutely crushing it. After the jacket, you must remove the outer stranded shield (much like coaxial). Then you must peel back and remove the foil wrap from each pair.If you have patience and the will have to have a nice network, this is the cable for you, but I recommend the following tools:A very good punchdown tool (I use the Fluke 914)A good pair of datacom scissors (I use http://www.amazon.com/Electrician-Scissor-Free-Leather-Sheath/dp/B0052YD3OY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364008481&sr=8-1&keywords=ToolEra+scissors).A good cable stripperPATIENCE