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Outdoor cabling - cat 6/7 or fibre? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey all,

I live in an old house in the UK that doesn't have wall cavities - single brick around the exterior.

I want to connect my ground and first floors in preparation for getting 1.6Gb FTTP installed. I plan to route a cable outside up the wall.

I have a switch on each floor with a spare sfp+ port so I have the option of either cat6/7 or fibre. The length between floors should suffice for 10GbE on cat6

Which should I go for? I'm leaning towards fibre as it might be easier to work with and more future proof.

Cheers

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

as you have a choice, always go with fibre, its cleaner and safer from lightning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

No matter the way you go (I lean to copper less you fancy trying to use pre-made fibre cables) then make sure:

You use outdoor rated cables
Shield from sunlight (conduit)
Put drip loops in where they come back in the house
Run a spare if you can
Try and mouse / rat proof them (conduit)