Features:

  • Solid Copper CAT6 500ft Solid UTP Burial Ethernet Cable 550Mhz
  • U/V Resistant and Water Proof HDPE insulated LDPE Jacket
  • Polyethylene (PE) for Indoor/Outdoor with Heavy-Duty flexible jacket to protect against cuts, scraps and tearing
  • 23AWG Bare Copper Conductor to Pass Fluke Test
  • TIA/EIA 568B. 2 and ISO/IEC 11801 Certified
good cable for cameras

This is good solid core cat6, jacket is tough. It will work with Cat 6 connectors, though I did have to leave the wires long to sort of hang out the back. For permanent outdoor connections I recommend "Cable Matters tool-free Cat 6A / Cat6A Sheilded RJ45 Field Termination Plug. Side note- there is no gel or tinfoil, easy to work with it.

Suitable for POE IP camera at 100 feet from router switch

I had to replace a cable that was not rated for direct bury when it failed after a cool wet spring this year (2020). The cable runs through a drain pipe and is partially buried about 3 inches in a garden area under bark mulch. This cable is rated for direct bury and I was somewhat concerned after reading a review that claimed that the cable would not work for his POE installation. First thing I did was build a cable the length I needed and tested with my camera and it works just fine. Note this cable is coper (not CCA or coper clad aluminum) and works just fine for me. I am not a professional installer, but found this cable was easy to work with when crimping my own ethernet connectors (RJ45). I also like the way it comes off the spool simply by unrolling it and has little to no curl. I have another bulk cable that came in a pull box that by its nature puts a twist into the wire and causes it to tend to curl especially with long runs. This cable is marked every foot with footage length which makes it easy to measure the length required without guess work. I would buy it again for any run where moisture will be an element, especially direct bury.

Finest qality

I have installed a lot of cable in my various homes, over the years. Prior to Amazon, the cable was purchased through electrical supply houses, the quality was always top of the mark. Amazon, which I consider to be the "World's marketplace, in one place," has vendors offering a variety of cable quality; this CAT-5 is absolutely the finest. The outer sheath is heavy, UV & underground rated, with a 'waxy' finish....this is the type of CAT which is used by communications companies...made to last without service calls. The interior has a plastic trailer which keeps the four pairs separated and further strengthens. The price is very reasonable: Belden Cable, which is considered premium grade for industry and Government, would cost three times this cable's price. I have earmarked this cable, as I shall be purchasing more. Very impressive!

Good quality and reasonably priced versus other brands

I ran this and a different brands Cat5e alongside this... 190 feet. No issues with this cable, this is a quality cable and has a solid gigabit link for a PoE access point. The other cat5e... Meh. Had to cut that one halfway and put a TrendNet gigagit PoE repeater to get a reliable link. Will be using this cable in the future as I am really happy with the results. The price is good too. FYI... I really pulled the crap out of this cable and it stood up to abuse, so I'm confident in it's construction.

Excellent outdoor cat 6 wire

Cable/Cat6 arrived promptly. Well packaged and secure. The cable/ cat 6 wire was wound on a wooden spool. Easy to unspool and install. The cable is hardy and looks like it will endure several years of outdoor exposure. After I attached two connectors the transmission from my modem to the router was around 650mb/s on a gigabit line. The span is about 130 feet. Very pleased. I would purchase this again.

As described

This Cat6 cable arrived promptly and was as verbally described. I've just installed a 200-250 ft run direct burial to extend range of our home internet without conduit and things are working fine. We'll see how well it stands up over time. Not running any powered devices, so cannot speak to other comments about devices not responding when attempting POE

Exactly what was needed

I ran this wire through a conduit to a garage in order to spread wifi coverage. It is direct burial, but I had the space in the conduit. The wire is quite stiff, and yet can kink in install. Care should be taken like any data cable.

Works well...

I used this to provide power to a Nest Cam Outdoor and ran the wire up the side of the house into the attic...75-100ft run to the power source. It was pretty easy to terminate the connectors, especially with the Ideal pass-through CAT6 connectors. If I had to knock one thing, I'd say the bend radius isn't that great, which made it a bit difficult to angle it in the small outdoor enclosure with the USB to PoE adapter that I used. The coating is a semi-rigid bendable plastic.

Great business experience

Received the cable on time in good condition as advertised. I'm impressed of the excellent quality . I made a good choice

Five Stars

Worked great for 4 MP IP camera installation. Longest runs were about 200'.

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