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£247.80 inc. VAT
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If you’re building out offices, warehouses, or comms rooms and you just need a lot of reliable Cat 6 bulk cable, this StarTech spool is the kind of boring workhorse that makes sense. The CMR rating and TAA compliance are the real “practical” boxes here—i.e., it’s suitable for environments where plenum/CMR requirements actually come up in the real world, and it won’t trip up public-sector procurement. At ~£207 ex‑VAT for a 1000 ft run, the price feels fair for bulk where you care more about consistency and installer-friendly handling than squeezing out a few quid per metre.
Who should buy: UK B2B sites doing structured cabling with a decent run of consistent cable—multi-room installs, patching into racks, new floors, that sort of thing. Who might not: if you only need a small amount, you’ll likely waste money versus buying shorter lengths; and if you’re doing high-end cable management where presentation and flexibility are everything (thin cabinet runs, super tight bends), you may prefer something explicitly marketed for that style of installation. But for bulk Cat 6 that you can plan, pull, terminate, and be done with? This is a sensible procurement choice—just make sure your spec calls for Cat 6 specifically (and that CMR is what your build drawings want).

Dell
Dell 10GbE Copper Twinax Direct Attach Cable - Direct attach cable - SFP+ (M) to SFP+ (M) - 5 m - twinaxial - for Networking N1148, PowerSwitch S4112, S5212, S5232, S5296, Networking S4048, X1026, X1052

STARTECH
StarTech.com 1000 ft Bulk Cat6 Ethernet Cable - Stranded - CM-Rated for In-Wall Use - Cat 6 UTP Patch Cable - Blue (WIRC6PATBLRL) - Bulk cable - 305 m - UTP - CAT 6 - stranded - blue - for P/N: IES61002POE, POEINJ1G, POEINJ1GW, POEINJ4G, ST2000PEXPSE, ST4000PEXPSE, UPOESPLT1G

Lenovo
Lenovo - 10GBase direct attach cable - SFP+ (M) to SFP+ (M) - 2 m - passive - for ThinkAgile HX2320 Appliance, MX1020 Appliance, ThinkSystem DE4000H Hybrid, SD630 V2

STARTECH
StarTech.com Cisco SFP-H10GB-CU5M Compatible 5m 10G SFP+ to SFP+ Direct Attach Cable Twinax, 10GbE SFP+ Copper DAC 10Gbps Low Power Passive Mini GBIC/Transceiver Module DAC, 10G SFP+ Cable - Lifetime Warranty (SFPCMM5M) - Direct attach cable - SFP+ to SFP+ - 5 m - twinaxial - for P/N: PEX10000SFPI, PEX10GSFP4I, PEX20000SFPI