Vertical Cable CAT6A UV Rated Outdoor Bulk Cable 1,000ft. - Black

This is excellent in-wall, in-attic cable, maybe outside cable.I installed it in my home for future proof use, I'm considering turning off WiFi.The unexpected? The super tough and durable outer shell is too tough and thick for RJ style 8p8c connectors. Both sides need to be punched down if you're picky about doing things right. I'm not holding this against the cable, I probably didn't get terminology that should have given this away.I had intended to punch down the "room side" jacks, then cheap out and put RJs on the switch side since it was home and not professional use. I wound up ordering a small patch panel instead. I guess I really did have to do things right.So far no functionality problems, I'm getting 1Gb links where appropriate and I even did a "passive POE" that included a little soldering on my part to put a non-poe Ethernet camera in my son's room as a baby monitor. It carries that voltage fine for a little over 20 cable feet. (I used a pre-made kit and then altered it instead of going full nerd, which I could have done, just so the cabling would remain by the book)

This cable was very easy to work with once I got a good crimper and adequate pass-through ends. The outer jack is tough to cut through. I initially used a cheap crimper I purchased from Amazon that was not up to the task. I went out and purchased "Klein Tools VDV226-110 Wire Crimper." The Klein crimper handled this cable with ease. I also purchased "ITBEBE 50 Pieces Gold Plated End Pass Through RJ45 Cat6, Cat6a Bold Connector for 23 AWG Cables" which allow me to pass the insulated wires through the end without difficulty. I have had no data loss. I will update once I connect the APs and cameras.

I was questioning whether or not I'd need this much cable, well, let's just say I'm glad I got it.

Good quality stuff. I ran it 550 ft with a router 200' in to relay the signal. Works great. I have seen speeds up to 74Mbps at the end of the line over wi-fi.

great value

Wasn't an issue because we used it for multiple cable runs, but the cable was defective about half way through the spool

Using this outdoor-rated Cat6a cable to connect PoE IP cameras around the outside of my home. The outer jacket diameter is a bit thick for my plug ends and boots which are made for standard, indoor plenum-rated cable but I made it work by trimming back a bit more and foregoing the boots (the cameras have weather-tight seals at the connection points, anyway). That said, I'm feeling confident about the ability of this cable to last in outdoor environments. It's not rated for direct burial applications but I've run a few feet through part of my lawn around a brick facade I didn't want to ruin with fasteners. So far, after almost a year of being in place, it's still holding up.

I ran this cable to a shop that is almost 100 yards from my house with nothing to boost the signal and it has worked great for about a year so far. The individual wires are thick and it was tough to fit into the ends I had so I used female ends that were easier to attach. I’m not taking off any stars for the difficulty because I wanted heavy cable for the long run. Very happy with it.