Fane wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
 F>> I believe I'm going with 3Com.  I've had great experience
 F>> with USRobotics and hopefully they'll follow through.
 MB> I think it is past the point of absurdity to insist on 3Com branded
 MB> cables.
 F> That was rather rude.  I meant I would like to know the
 F> model number of the 3Com cables that I need so I could
 F> compare with the equivalent with other brands. 
I didn't intend any rudeness.  However, as I have been trying to explain, 
cables are the sort of thing that no one would even think of buying from 
3Com. Even if you could get a cable from 3Com, it would be made by someone 
else.
In general, one "Category 5" Ethernet cable is as good as another.  You can 
buy 350 MHz cables which far exceed the Category 5 standards, and such cables 
are made by Belden ("Datatwist 350"), Berk-Tek ("LANmark 350"), General Cable 
("DreamLAN"), Champlain Cable ("Dataclear EF 350"), and many other companies. 
 However, such 350 MHz cable is really only useful for future expansion when 
you will be wiring within walls, and will not make your 10Base-T Ethernet run 
either faster or better.
 
-- Mike
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