| Where to buy Cat5E 1000ft bulk cable in Montreal Hope this is the good place to ask this...
Title says it all, looking for a place to get a 1000ft role of Cat5e at a good price in Montreal.
Any suggestions? |
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| access electronique in dollard , not the best, chinese import stuff
nedco in ville st laurent, very good brand name cable
there are a few other cable places around nedco (the little area between locke and cavendish |
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| reply to thestealth
try addison... they're supposed to have everything...
addison-electronique.com |
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| Addison is my usual source, but 119.99 for 1000ft is kinda steep when I see online prices that are $40 cheaper. |
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| have you tried monoprice ? that's where I usually get my stuff |
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| said by Dj_flight:have you tried monoprice ? that's where I usually get my stuff
yes, $60 for shipping, any saving go out the window  |
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| access is like the west island small version of addison, ive gotten spools for about 60$ in the past |
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Re: Where to buy Cat5E 1000ft bulk cable in Toronto How about Toronto?  |
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Re: Where to buy Cat5E 1000ft bulk cable in Montreal you can try »www.importbestbuys.com |
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| So far these guys have good pricing, but don't answer their phone.
Called Access Electronique and they have 1000ft for $69 |
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| you can try newegg.ca
i bought 1000ft cat6 there. great price |
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 GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | reply to thestealth
said by thestealth:yes, $60 for shipping, any saving go out the window Or $7 shipping to Freeport Forwarding, $3 fee for Freeport Forwarding, and the gas/time to drive the 66 KM there and back. They'll also forward your mail from there at cost, I believe, but I don't know if that would actually save any money.
We use Freeport Forwarding extensively for the convention, we're very happy with their service. We save thousands on shipping and cheaper prices every year.
EDIT: Not that it'd be worth it for just one box of cable. Normally when we go down, we consolidate stuff. We have a bunch of stuff from all over shipped to them, and then when we've gathered enough stuff in their warehouse, we drive down and pick it up. $3 per package can still save a ton of money, like when your choice is free shipping to US or $400 shipping to Canada, or your printer is $2200 USD or $4000 CAD :P
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jfmezeiPremium
join:2007-01-03
Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 | reply to singerie3
Home Depot carries spools of ethernet cable. Have no idea of pricing though. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
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Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | said by jfmezei:Home Depot carries spools of ethernet cable. Have no idea of pricing though.
There's this series of tubes, and if you shout what you want in on one end, the information flows back down it.
The only 1000ft box they have is cat 6, for $260.
Unfortunately, this was earlier in the search results:
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jfmezeiPremium
join:2007-01-03
Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 | reply to Guspaz
For me, the Lacolle border is 80km away (more when the Mercier bridge is not accessible to cyclists and I have to detour via the Estacade).
And to get to Freeport, you need to drive a couple km on 87 south beyond the border to get to a point where you can exit on highway 9, go under the 87 and then get the northbound service road and drive back towards the border.
If there is a huge lineup to enter the USA at the border, you also need to factor the time. |
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GuspazGuspazPremium,MVM
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Montreal, QC
kudos:20 | said by jfmezei:For me, the Lacolle border is 80km away (more when the Mercier bridge is not accessible to cyclists and I have to detour via the Estacade).
And to get to Freeport, you need to drive a couple km on 87 south beyond the border to get to a point where you can exit on highway 9, go under the 87 and then get the northbound service road and drive back towards the border.
If there is a huge lineup to enter the USA at the border, you also need to factor the time.
It may be difficult to carry a box of Cat 5e cable on your back for 80km, as they're rather large and weigh 23lbs. It would be awkward and uncomfortable, if nothing else.
The US-side of the drive to get to Freeport is virtually non-existent. Practically the instant you cross the border you're already exiting the highway. You're talking about 2.4KM out of a 60-80KM drive/bike.
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| said by Guspaz:It may be difficult to carry a box of Cat 5e cable on your back for 80km, as they're rather large and weigh 23lbs. It would be awkward and uncomfortable, if nothing else. That's what front/rear luggage racks/bags are for... bicycle trailers are also an option for larger/heavier stuff, though I would hate towing one for a whole 160km roundtrip. |
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jfmezeiPremium
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Pointe-Claire, QC
kudos:22 | reply to Guspaz
said by Guspaz:The US-side of the drive to get to Freeport is virtually non-existent. Practically the instant you cross the border you're already exiting the highway. You're talking about 2.4KM out of a 60-80KM drive/bike.
For a cyclist, that portion is the most difficult. Since the rework of the customs compound, the southbound service road starts from the employee parking lot, and citizens aren't allowed in te employee parking lot, and to get to it from the car customs area, you need to ride against truck traffic exiting their separate facility until you get to the sidewalk that lets you into the employee parking lot and hope you don't get arrested for doing so.
The customs agents won't let you ride on the shoulder of the 87 until the exit to the 9.
This year, I plan to ride via the Hemmingford/Mooers border crossing (the canadian side is partly closed but the USA side remains opened 7/24, but is controlled by the main Champlain crossing, so I am not sure how much authority the border crossing has when it comes to weirdos like me who don't fit the profile. Crossing at the main border involves some supervisor walking to that station and fiddling with the computer and asking me plenty of questions.
I can only imagine how they would react if a guy on a bike came it and declared he was entering the USA to buy a spool of ethernet cable and carry it back into Canada. I am pretty sure there is no classification for that on their computers |
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said by thestealth:Addison is my usual source, but 119.99 for 1000ft is kinda steep when I see online prices that are $40 cheaper.
When it comes to Ethernet cables you get what you pay for, that cheap Chinese stuff will probably allow so much cross talk it's not funny.
If you can afford it, get Cat 6 Swept to 550mhz, that will allow you to scale to 10Gbe when the time comes.
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said by jfmezei:said by Guspaz:The US-side of the drive to get to Freeport is virtually non-existent. Practically the instant you cross the border you're already exiting the highway. You're talking about 2.4KM out of a 60-80KM drive/bike.
For a cyclist, that portion is the most difficult. Since the rework of the customs compound, the southbound service road starts from the employee parking lot, and citizens aren't allowed in te employee parking lot, and to get to it from the car customs area, you need to ride against truck traffic exiting their separate facility until you get to the sidewalk that lets you into the employee parking lot and hope you don't get arrested for doing so. The customs agents won't let you ride on the shoulder of the 87 until the exit to the 9. This year, I plan to ride via the Hemmingford/Mooers border crossing (the canadian side is partly closed but the USA side remains opened 7/24, but is controlled by the main Champlain crossing, so I am not sure how much authority the border crossing has when it comes to weirdos like me who don't fit the profile. Crossing at the main border involves some supervisor walking to that station and fiddling with the computer and asking me plenty of questions. I can only imagine how they would react if a guy on a bike came it and declared he was entering the USA to buy a spool of ethernet cable and carry it back into Canada. I am pretty sure there is no classification for that on their computers seems like a hell of a lot of work for a box of wire, you live on the west island, you have LOADS and i mean LOADs of places that sell cable for very good prices. |
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