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Cat 5 vs Cat 7 Ethernet Cable
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1619731" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Fanner</strong> - as <strong>Nick</strong> said, the ethernet cables you're considering are not going to make a difference in your home network - your ISP modem's input is the bottleneck - for myself, I just went to <a href="http://www.speedtest.net" target="_blank">Speed Test</a> and checked my iMac (cabled w/ Cat 5) & my MBPro (Wi-Fi - and next to my older model AirPort Extreme router) - identical DL speeds of 21.5 Mbps - that's it! </p><p></p><p>But the router is obviously able to output w/i my home network at much higher speeds (802.11n maximum w/ dual bands) - does not help me if I'm streaming from Netflix or Amazon and Time Warner, my ISP, decides to give me less bandwidth (especially @ night when more users are doing the same), then I get 'buffering' issues on my Roku device - Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1619731, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Fanner[/B] - as [B]Nick[/B] said, the ethernet cables you're considering are not going to make a difference in your home network - your ISP modem's input is the bottleneck - for myself, I just went to [URL="http://www.speedtest.net"]Speed Test[/URL] and checked my iMac (cabled w/ Cat 5) & my MBPro (Wi-Fi - and next to my older model AirPort Extreme router) - identical DL speeds of 21.5 Mbps - that's it! But the router is obviously able to output w/i my home network at much higher speeds (802.11n maximum w/ dual bands) - does not help me if I'm streaming from Netflix or Amazon and Time Warner, my ISP, decides to give me less bandwidth (especially @ night when more users are doing the same), then I get 'buffering' issues on my Roku device - Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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