Review on 1Ft Ethernet Cable With Break-Proof Construction - Ideal For High-Speed Internet, Gaming, Networks, LANs, Routers, Modems And Switches - Blue RJ45 Plug By CableDirect by Eduardo Murillo

My IP cameras have been getting slow responses. And, one of my PTZ IP cameras had been giving me intermittent problems. I just didn't trust the 50ft Chinese made CAT5 cable I was using with a temporary 20ft extension. I couldn't tell how much dB loss that extension might be causing. And, I previously had some problems with the cable breaking from the RJ45 connector after being pulled through the attic. I am also using power splitters on each end of the cable so that I can power the cameras remotely from the switch. I think that was contributing to some voltage loss over distance. I finally decided to upgrade to a better cable, preferably without paying unreasonable prices. I immediately liked the KabelDirekt cable for it's ruggedness. At 75ft my camera responded immediately using the CabelDirekt cable and continues to do so even though I suspect noise on my other cables. I know from previous experience that Ethernet protocols possess no real error correction, but it continues to be the standard because of improvements in cable quality. The ratios between cable distance, higher and higher needs for speed, and the lack of error correction, have placed the burden of keeping up with technology on cable quality. And that's particularly true on crowded local area networks. My IP cameras cause a lot of packet traffic, and that means a lot of packet collisions when using noisy unshielded cables. I haven't always adhered to cable quality with my other cables and have suffered with video issues as a result. If this camera continues to respond well using this cable I will likely replace all of my Chinese cables with KabelDirekt in the future. I only rated this with 4 stars for now based on first impressions and until I can upgrade all my cables and get an overall picture of my network improvements and functionality. My guess is that it will be worth a 5 star rating.