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Default Cat5e v Cat6 install is it worth the difference in price?

On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:28:59 -0000, "RoundSquare" bigbad@hole wrote:

I'm about to change the dining room floor and while at it thought I would
run some Cat5e to where the TV / PS3 lives back to the router / slave PC in
the hall cupboard.
Is there any advantage on using Cat6?
The rest of the house has been done in Cat5.
I'd hate to do it then find I really need Cat6 in a year or so.

If you run the cable in conduit it should be pretty trivial to change
the cable at a later date.

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