On 26/01/2016 11:32, T i m wrote:

He doesn't need much bandwidth as it will only be a bit of web
browsing, possibly some cloud based POS and remote access to his CCTV
so would Cat5e still be ok or should is Cat6 as easy / straightforward
to use and more 'future proof please?

to my mind Cat5 is going to be around for a very long time.
There must be millions of miles of the stuff in commercial buildings.

A bit like copper telephone wires to the house, signal technology will
always evolve for the most popular medium. Slowest annoyance will be the
upstream from his internet connection. It's going to be a fair while
before an upstream of 100Mbps becomes commonplace let alone Gbps.

For me, Cat6 is nothing more than a way of fudging around a slight
improvement to existing signal technology. It's a stop-gap between major
technology advances.... e.g. Li-Fi completely new technology not reliant
on outdated transfer mediums.