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What types of Ethernet and CATV cables should I purchase for faster internet speeds?
Hello,
I'm looking for recommendations for high-quality Ethernet and CATV cables that will help drastically improve my internet connection.
I'm considering a CATV amplifier (Motorola Signal Booster BDA-S1 1-Port Cable Modem TV HDTV Amplifier) to help boost the signal of my AT&T U-Verse Modem as well as a Monster Ethernet Cable (CAT 6 speed up to10 Gbps) to help increase data transmissions between my laptop and modem. What are your opinions about these products? Are these the products I'm looking for?
Any product recommendations or am I being too excessive?
Category 6 (aka cat6) cables are capable of higher transmission rates than cat 5 (standard ethernet), but most people will never max out the capability of cat 5 cables in the first place. I somewhat doubt that your ISP is regularly pumping 100 megabits (12 & a half megabytes) per second down your pipe, and that is what bog standard cat 5 supports. If you really feel that faster speed from your ISP is there, then cat 5e is rated over 3 times the speed of cat 5 regular, and is still a bit cheaper than cat 6. I do not believe that U-Verse offers anywhere near the 350 mbps which cat 5e will carry, so cat 6 is absolutely overkill.
Monster cables are no better at transmitting a >>digital<< signal than the cheapest generic cables offered at Fry's electronics or on Amazon; the only possible advantage they may have is they may be manufactured slighty better and so last longer before breaking. However, if the choice is between the 2 dollar radio shack cable that might need to be replaced after 5 years versus the 20 dollar Monster cable that will last 15 years, I'll go with the radio shack one.
The amplifier is only useful if you are trying to send a signal over a longer-than-usual distance ... your ISP is responsible for getting the interwebs to your house, and you can't speed it up any faster than what it is when it comes in at the wall ... that is the absolute fastest throughput you can ever hope to get. The power inherent in your modem or gateway should be sufficient to get full throughput to just about anywhere in your house unless you live in a mansion. If you decided to run a cable from your gateway located at the front of your house out to the furthest corner of your backyard (assumin you're in a house and have a yard and there's a fair amount of distance from front to back) then maybe a signal booster would be of use. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.
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