ethernet cable length price problem

mcompute · 27 Jun 2010 at 22:51

I picked up a 30metre cable for £7 inc. It's a competitor though, let's just say it's an auction site.

Assassin_012 · 28 Jun 2010 at 00:18

mcompute said:
I picked up a 30metre cable for £7 inc. It's a competitor though, let's just say it's an auction site.

nice...but usually how much do they cost?

Sp00n · 28 Jun 2010 at 08:04

Bugger all, also you'd have fun running that with the ends still on

d_brennen · 28 Jun 2010 at 08:25

Screw mahoosive cat5 trailing all over the shop. This is what you want:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-103-BE&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=

Assassin_012 · 28 Jun 2010 at 20:31

Sp00n said:
Bugger all, also you'd have fun running that with the ends still on

eh? meaning what??

Assassin_012 · 28 Jun 2010 at 20:34

d_brennen said:
Screw mahoosive cat5 trailing all over the shop. This is what you want:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-103-BE&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=

lol....i heard of them....running data/your network through mains...but thing is....£66!! expensive stuff =/

C64 · 28 Jun 2010 at 20:34

Get flat cable this is the one I use works perfectly fine running about 20 meters worth at mo and it's cheap as chips.

Assassin_012 · 28 Jun 2010 at 21:01

C64 said:
Get flat cable this is the one I use works perfectly fine running about 20 meters worth at mo and it's cheap as chips.

lol? cheap as chips? so basically they cost £1? xD since a bag of chips is £1..

mm...probably think about it..but they might be useful

anywayz .....thanks for the advise =)

C64 · 29 Jun 2010 at 18:17

truffle coated chips from central london

Assassin_012 · 30 Jun 2010 at 07:37

C64 said:
truffle coated chips from central london

eh?

C64 · 30 Jun 2010 at 18:14

Because they aren't as cheap as normal chips think mine cost me £7

Assassin_012 · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:18

o....

OpenToSuggestions · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:22

OP: The manufacturing process will make cables probably 1km long then cut them up. The cable will cost something like 2-5p a metre to produce.

Something else to think about - Normal music cd cases (the cheap sort that break easily and are the same material as ps1 and dreamcast game boxes) cost 1 US cent for 8 to manufacture!

Selling 30m of cat5 cable for even £10 is a serious mark-up on the manufacture cost. A standard high-street shop will charge £1 a metre because they can.

Assassin_012 · 30 Jun 2010 at 23:39

mglover070588 said:
OP: The manufacturing process will make cables probably 1km long then cut them up. The cable will cost something like 2-5p a metre to produce.

Something else to think about - Normal music cd cases (the cheap sort that break easily and are the same material as ps1 and dreamcast game boxes) cost 1 US cent for 8 to manufacture!

Selling 30m of cat5 cable for even £10 is a serious mark-up on the manufacture cost. A standard high-street shop will charge £1 a metre because they can.

lol...high-street shops are such rip-offs!!

arknor · 1 Jul 2010 at 01:07

d_brennen said:
Screw mahoosive cat5 trailing all over the shop. This is what you want:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-103-BE&groupid=46&catid=1604&subcat=

meh i tooked a cat5 cable down the edge of the carpet along the stairs via an old plastic telephone skirtin thingy and then did a whole in the wall just before the door to the room it goes into.

you wouldnt even know there was a cable unless you looked for it

OpenToSuggestions · 1 Jul 2010 at 17:41

Assassin_012 said:
lol...high-street shops are such rip-offs!!

They are, but I would sell something that costs me £1 for £10 if I could!

My view is 'if people are stupid enough to pay it...'

Assassin_012 · 1 Jul 2010 at 21:27

mglover070588 said:
They are, but I would sell something that costs me £1 for £10 if I could!

My view is 'if people are stupid enough to pay it...'

lol...yh true...