Digital Life High Performance Ethernet Cables - Advanced High Speed - 3 ft. Advanced High Speed Ethernet Cable
Price: $35.00


Product Feature
- Monster Advanced High Speed Ethernet for Ultimate Performance Home Entertainment Networking
- Advanced High Speed rated: 10Gbps.
- Advanced High Speed XLN construction with twisted pair ratio minimizes crosstalk for high speed data delivery.
- Separate wire channels reduces crosstalk and interference for maximum signal transfer.
- 24k Gold Contacts Maximizes signal transfer and corrosion resistance.
Product Description
Digital Life High Performance Ethernet Cables - Advanced High Speed - 3 ft. Advanced High Speed Ethernet CableDigital Life High Performance Ethernet Cables - Advanced High Speed - 3 ft. Advanced High Speed Ethernet Cable Review
I bought this "3 ft. Advanced High Speed Ethernet Cable" for a faster internet connection. Before making this purchase, I researched the effectiveness of various Ethernet cables such as the CAT6. I'll summarize my findings to help those tentative about this product.This Monster product is a CAT6 that has higher transmission rates than both a standard CAT5 (Cisco-Linksys UTP510 Network Cable, Cat 5, 10 Feet) and an enhanced CAT5e (RiteAV - Cat5e Network Ethernet Cable - Blue - 3 ft.). (Please note: The hyperlinks are references.) The CAT5 cables we use every day have transmission rates of 100 Mbps. I asked myself if I needed anything "better" than a CAT5, and the answer was no. Most households don't own a 100 Mbps connection. I have a 24 Mbps service (3,000 Kbps down), which pales in comparison to the speeds of a 100 Mbps plan (12,500 kbps down). But, even if I had a 100 Mbps plan, I would need only a CAT5.
The CAT5e is an improved version with 3.5 times the speed of a CAT5 cable (350 Mbps). Bradley Mitchell's article differentiates between a CAT5 and CAT5e: "A newer specification for CAT5 cable - CAT5 enhanced ('CAT5e' or 'CAT 5e') - supports networking at Gigabit Ethernet speeds (1000 Mbps) over short distances by utilizing all four wire pairs, and it is backward-compatible with ordinary CAT5." Therefore, CAT5 cables suffice. Consumers--for now--will never reach or exceed the maximum transmission threshold of a standard CAT5.
Case and point: What does this information mean? Well, depending on a household's internet plan, a CAT5 cable is adequate; it does the job without any ifs, ands, or buts. In addition, it's affordable. Cables such as the CAT5e and CAT6 are unnecessary because they exceed the CAT5's capabilities, especially for networks that operate at less than 100 Mbps. My previous CAT5 cable suits the "limitations" of my internet plan; however, I contradict myself by still using a Monster Cable.
Conclusion: The cheaper, generic cables work. I didn't notice a dramatic improvement with my internet connection. It's a quality product, though. In the meantime, I'll continue to use it. I might try computer-to-computer file transfers. That'd be one advantage.
Sources:
1. "CAT5, CAT5e," Bradley Mitchell, accessed October 8, 2011.
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