[Novalug] 8 pair or 12 pair Cat5e cables

[Peter Larsen]

On Sun, 2010-12-19 at 23:44 -0500, Jay Hart wrote:
> Looking to start wiring the house up.  For many of the rooms I want to install
> 2-3 ports.  Instead of running 2 or 3 separate cat5e cables, thought I would
> see if I can find one cable that has 8 or 12 pairs of wire and separate out on
> the ends and terminate.
> 
> I am looking at buying a 1000ft roll of this type of cable.

That would be a bad idea - unless it's actually isolated cat5e cables
just bundled together. The twisted pair and insolation in a standard
cat5e cable is there to avoid cross interference. 

I'm not sure if I've seen just a bundle of cat5e/cat6 together, but in
the structured wiring world it's quite common to have cables composite
with both cat5/6 and coax, ie.
http://www.broadbandutopia.com/belhomcomcab.html

I *so* wish they had used that kind of cable in my house. 

> Has anyone used anything like this, and/or do you know where I could procure
> this item.  I have found one place that sells 25 pair cable by at $600+ for
> the roll that is out of my price range.

Again, I would not look for "16 wires in a cable". You need twisted pair
and insulation for a reason. 

When they wired my house I have two rj45 at each location (and two
coax). They drew individual cables for all of them. As I said, I wish
they could have used the cables above but then again, I have not had a
single problem cabling wise with this setup in 4 years.

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Best Regards
  Peter Larsen

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