VIVO New 1,000 ft bulk Cat5e Ethernet Cable/Wire UTP Pull Box 1,000ft Cat-5e Waterproof Outdoor/Direct Burial/Underground ~ (CABLE-V003)

This cable is not pure copper. It is made of an inner aluminum conductor coated with copper, and is much lighter than solid copper cables. Although it can be tempting to cut corners where you can, I would not recommend purchasing CCA (copper clad aluminum) cables like this one. CCA cables are cheaper to make and offer higher profits to manufacturers that sell the product, but they come with a range of problems: 1. CCA ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR POE (CCA cables when used with POE build-up heat, which can damage your devices). 2. They have poor flexibility and bend radius (they are brittle and break easily). 3. They oxidize and corrode very fast (Aluminum is very reactive, especially outdoors, and RJ45 connectors oxidize when exposed to air). 4. They offer lower performance (When using a CCA cable, its performance can start decreasing at a distance of 10 meters, and they are not suitable at all for distances over 50 meters). Not all cables are created equal, just be aware of it.

It's wire! Not much else to say. Delivery fine.

We have to run MILES of Cabling here on the ranch.. We use this cabling not only for Cat-5e Connections, and remote Repeaters on our Ranch, but I have even used this cable to run Streaming Security Video Camera Signals back a Quarter of a Mile from our Automatic Gates to the DVR Systems here in the house.. not so much as a flicker, and even the Hot SC sun didn't damage it.. at some point, it "Buried itself"... which was an unexpected benefit! ;) UPDATE: 19 May 2016... We had a failure with two cameras mounted HIGH on the Cupola on top of the house (Exposed to the weather). I climbed up there on the outside of the house multiple times trying to find bad connections (Other Cameras wouldn't work on those lines either). I checked everything inside the house where the BNC connectors connected to the DVR... Nothing. I decided to replace those runs of cable while adding "Screw Tightening Video Baluns" ("VIMVIP® 6 PAIRS (12 Pcs) Mini CCTV BNC Video Balun Transceiver Cable") and "Screw Tightening Power Connectors" ("Maxmoral 12 Pair (12 x Male + 12 x Female) DC Power Jack 5.5mm x 2.1mm CCTV Power Jack Adapter") (BOTH of which are AWESOME products themselves! Buy LOTS of them, they are cheap!) But when I cut open the Heat Shrink Tubing Behind the Security System's DVR inside the house, Nasty water POURED out from the INSIDE of the cable, and I found that the Wire Pairs were ALL corroded and broken! Water had infiltrated into the inside of the Cat-5's Outer Sheath (despite the Heat-Shrink Tubing at the soldered wiring at the Cameras on top of the house) and Siphoned down inside the Sheath about 100 feet and right up through the flooring and to the back of the DVR! This IS NOT A FAULT WITH THE CABLING! I "Thought" I had sealed the connections outside to be water-tight, but obviously I had not. Since the Wiring starts HIGH on the house, the water was able to go down the inside of the cabling to the basement, and then all the way back UP through the floor of our security center, and on up to the DVR which sits high on a Wall Shelf. I now use a "Sealing Gel" on ALL outside connections, which stopped the Cabling's WELL SEALED Outer Sheath from acting as a Siphon hose :) STILL an EXCELLENT product, and with the Video Baluns (Mentioned above), I can now run 4 cameras per Cat-5 Cable (With a separate Heavy Power Cable for 12VDC), up to a half mile with PERFECT High-Def Clarity!

Great as always

I like this cable. The jacketing promises a long life, yet is still easy enough to work with, unlike some other outdoor rated cables. The problem I have found with it is it doesn't spool out well. Every several feet the cable binds up and is very frustrating to get to come out of the box. I've been able to do it without damaging the cable so far but it's just a matter of time until I'll have to replace a long run in a nasty spot because of this issue.

To keep in mind the following about this cable: It in fact does not meet Category 5e specifications. It is actually a "fake" Cat5e cable. The conductors inside of this cable are actually aluminum, coated by a small cladding of copper. Aluminum has been banned in both household wiring, and phone cabling for good reasons. Aluminum has not been used in household wiring in the United States since the mid 1960's, when the NEC condemned it, because it is a downright fire hazard when terminated to plugs or other quick disconnect mechanisms because it degrades over time when exposed to open air. Also it has been banned in phone applications since the early 2000's because it cannot carry the frequency required by ADSL. As far as Ethernet is concerned, CCA cable cannot carry the frequency required to reach gigabit bandwidth. It also degrades over time causing complete failures on punchdown blocks and unsealed RJ-45 jacks. I could not get this cable to pass a network certification test during an install. Things get real fun when trying to use this cable for Power over Ethernet. Testing this for those applications, in some cases the cable can actually smoke up at the terminations, if the maximum power output is applied as to the 802.3af standard. I was afraid I was going to burn up a perfectly good POE switch and equipment just by testing that theory! If you install this as riser cable in any structure that has to abide by the NEC, congratulations, that structure will now fail its next electrical inspection. If it burns down and an insurance company finds that you've been using aluminum cabling for PoE, it's grounds for them not to pay the claim. Amazon and all other retailers should not be selling CCA or CCS Ethernet cable. It is a downright safety violation when used in POE applications. Pay the extra money and get legitimate CMR cabling.