Best sources & best prices idea/suggestion

[Eric Shubert]

joe at actionline.com wrote:
> On the PLUG website, it would be very helpful to add a category called
> "Best sources/prices" where PLUG members could post information about the
> best sources and best prices members have found for various
> computer-related products and services.
> 
> A few days ago, I was advised (for health reasons (another story) and to
> eliminate noise that the modem/router was apparently infusing into my
> telephone and my speakers) that I should move it several feet farther away
> from my desk.
> 
> So, I went shopping for 25' ethernet cables and I found prices all over
> the map. Radio Shack was ridiculously expensive ($39.95/each), and even
> Walmart's prices seemed rather high ($20.00 for 20' cat5e).  So I searched
> the net and found a source where superior 25' cat6 cables were only
> $5.25/ea.

That's not too bad considering a 25' cat6 cable is about $2.80 in 
materials alone. Cat5e is close to half the price of cat6.

I'd be happy to put ends on bulk cables for anyone who would like that 
done at installfests. Ends are .15 apiece, and I usually have them with me.

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'