Cables Direct Online 100FT ETHERNET CABLE GRAY CAT5E INTERNET ROUTERS GAMING 100 FT

I bought this cable because it was a couple dollars less than other cables. When I received it I realized why... it's only 2/3 the thickness of my other cables, which means thinner cable inside. I would have rather paid a couple extra dollars for a more "standard" cat5e cable, but this will probably work fine anyway since I'm not trying to run 10 gig Ethernet over it. The connectors are good quality, and if this were 6 feet it would be great, but for 100 feet spend the extra two dollars and get a thicker cable.EDIT: My first cable was so thin that it literally opened a hole in the sheath and broke wires from light rubbing against a door-frame. This cable works, so it's not a one-star product, but honestly. I've used Cat5 cables for decades and I have never had even the cheapest cables wear through like that--ever--much less under 30 days later. Better run this through armored conduit! Do yourself a favor and get any other cable unless you like the idea of re-running a 100ft+ cable run because you tried to save two dollars up-front.

I am beyond mad at this cable. I knew the moment I took it out of the packaging I should have sent it back. Red flags, super thin, light as a feather, and alarmingly malleable.Against my better judgment I spent an hour running this cable after verifying it at least worked. After I finished I tested it again to check network performance... COMPLETLY UNSTABLE FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN LIGHT NETWORK USAGE.I couldn't imagine plugging this into a gaming machine and having to spend the next few days trying to figure out why you're paying and bend with is atrocious. I ended up buying name brand cable and all my woes were gone. Curiosity got the best of me so I opened the jacket to see what was inside.Very very low gauge wire with very minimal twist to prevent interference. In a few spots the rotation of wire is about an inch apart... Compared to real cat5e which is completely twisted.Then after trying to recoup my losses and using it for shorter runs for small projects I noticed I couldn't even terminate the cable! The wires are so thin none of my jacks would actu6 make contact when crimping. (Modular, feed through, or push on keystone.) So here I am with scrap wire.

When using ethernet cable, all the twisted pairs should have a solid copper cable. Instead, these have copper strands.This causes a problem when putting tips or placing the wires in jacks.What happens is only some of the copper gets the signal.Trust me, I went through 15 tips and 4 different jacks made by 4 different manufacturers.I also had my cousin come over to assist because he does all of my towns IT for the public buildings. He was amazed that these worked at all.Once you get them connected, they work very well. But, it took me about 5 hours plus very expensive testing tools to get these to work.I'm sure they work great as is if you don't cut them.

We have a relatively big house. We have one modem (a very robust one), and a lot of devices that need a wired connection for internet. Connecting one end of the house with the other has been - well - challenging. And after being given the runaround four days in a row by our local Best Buy about "there should be more on the truck tomorrow" - we came to Amazon. This is basically the same product that Best Buy had labels for on their racks (and no products on those racks as mentioned); they wanted more than twice as much money for theirs. These are solid, reliable, they work fine, and the length was just what we needed. Not everybody needs this much linear footage but if you do, get these.And Best Buy can suck it.

Wow... I don't usually write reviews but this stuff is the worse low grade junk I've ever seen! I was shocked to see how thin the wire and insulation/jacket was. This 100ft roll is considerably smaller in total bulk than the 25ft roll of real cat 5e stuff I bought last week from a different supplier on Amazon. Do yourself a favor and STAY AWAY!!!

The cable works the way it is describe but unfortunately i really don't like it so much. I have notice for a CAT5e cable wire it shouldn't be thin, soft and once the wire get twisted the insulation crack or rip so easily. The materials are cheaply made. I have use some expensive CAT5e cables wires and they don't look or feel like this one. I gave it a 3 stars because of the reasonable price.

Cat5e Highest Quality Cable - the cable has to be 24 AWG solid bare copper to call itself "highest quality". This one is the thinnest wire I've ever seen, and manufacturer is too shy to state that it is not copper but CCA -copper clad aluminum. Do not use for POE cameras, you may start a fire. But yes, it will work for data transmission if you do not really care about speed rate.

This is horrible quality cable with cheap 26 AWG wires and the thinnest casing I've ever seen. Just looking at the cable is enough to crack the casing. If you're just going to run this inside your house for DATA-ONLY applications, it'll probably work okay.If you want to use it for Power-over-Ethernet devices, you are risking overheating wires dropped voltages, and literally even a fire if it uses a significant amount of current. UNSAFE!