I can see this is turning into who's got the longest CAT 5e cable?


Yeah well..... Who installs CAT5e nowerdays anyway? lol

CAT6 FTW or Fibre if you can splice your own... and find good quality media converters

Who still installs Cat5e? Most corporates in my experience.

Cat6 is a pain to work with.

Cat6 STP needs proper earthing, or the shielding can act as an antenna for all the local RFI and create more problems than it solves.

Cat6 UTP has a larger minimum bend radius than fibre, and is more sensitive to damage from cable ties.

If you're going to go to that trouble you may as well go for cat 7 or fibre.

Otherwise Cat5e is suitable unless you want a long gigabit link.

If you're going to the expense of putting in 10 gig or faster then you may as well put fibre in.