Cat-5e

[chris_j_hunter]

Unless I'm missing something, always a possibility of course, buying pre-terminated Cat-5e might be more economical - eg:

http://www.transparentcommunications.com/acatalog/BelkinCAT5eSnagless.html

as compared with buying 305m boxes,RJ45 plugs, tools to fit them, learning-curve costs, etc ...

but cable-lengths would not be bespoke ... meaning excess length would often have to be lost, somehow ... but how - loop/ loops, loose or tight, zig-zag/ zig-zags, or what ... tight loops might be neatest, but would transfer rates be upset by the inductance ... ???

[toscal]

Are you talking about patch cables. If its patch cables We tend to buy them ready made, much easier quicker to use. I think for every 40 or so we buy ready made we may make one bespoke cable. Hope this helps

[chris_j_hunter]

I was ... my surprise was that they were to be had at competitive prices in 15m & 30m lengths & with non-snag connectors, as well as the usual much shorter lengths (0.5m, 1m, and 5m) we'd bought previously ... 15m & 30m lengths would probably be sufficient to enable us to interconnect patch-panels in key parts of the house ... but would meant coiling-up a metre or two sometimes - if coiling-up was OK !

[Gumby]

Quite tricky to run pre-terminated cables through conduit though

So you'll need both. Most 305m rolls of Cat5e are for solid core cable. This is not suitable for patch cable usage, since they will break under repeated flexing. Patch cables use a multi-strand cable. And the terminal crimps are also of a different design for stranded vs solid core.