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Review on πŸ’¨ High-Speed Ethernet Cable - 10 Ft Length for Uninterrupted Connectivity by Andrew Dickens

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great upgrade for my Cat 5s.

I have switched from my old Cat 5 cables for the router and media server to two 3 foot Cat 8 cables. My 5 cats were old and unshielded. I had a lot of weird behavior from my wifi and media server but nothing else so I knew it was the cables for some reason. and after plugging them in, I was surprised by several things. The weird behavior I was having has stopped which could be related to the shielding, but something unforeseen happened and now I can finally get a Wi-Fi signal in the only dead spot in my house that I didn't think of that cable will be repaired / abandoned. I've never gotten more than one signal bar on a device before using it in this area, so I'm pretty sure it's the cables. I'm now getting 4 lanes on the 3 devices I've tried in this area so whether it's cable, shielding or both I don't know or worry but it was a big surprise. My media server is also very responsive now. My Cat 5 always takes around 15-30 seconds to be recognized in the app I'm accessing it with and all the media playing is a bit delayed at first but now when I go to the media server app press, it will appear as soon as the app loads and the media itself starts without delay. Overall the cables seem solid, the 2 pack was great value and I've really noticed improvements. In itself, the improvement in Wi-Fi in the wireless zone was an unexpected bonus.

Pros
  • Confident
Cons
  • Out of fashion