On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:51:56 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

zaax wrote:

CAT6 is not worth it for the home, unless you have a home cinema
streaming off a NAS drive

Even if you have a 4K TV, cat5e with gigabit is still *way* faster than
you need for streaming (by a factor of about 30).

+1

Saves me having to make that point. :-)

Cat5 cable will support 100 and 1000 Mbps speed at line lengths ranging
from 1/2 metre to 100 metre. Extending the wiring for the master socket
will add to the line length between the cabinet and the router which can
impact maximum line speed to a greater or lesser degree[1].

Unless there's a significant saving in upheaval gained by relocating the
master socket, the better option will be to install extra cat5 cable
rather than move the BT master socket.

[1] Unless the extra line length being introduced is no more than about
10 metres or so, the additional line loss may shave a few percent off the
line speed. However, routing the line wiring those extra few metres
within the premises is likely to increase its exposure to sources of QRM
within the home which could have an even greater impact than the effect
of additional line loss.

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Johnny B Good