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Today Elijah and Linus talk about the pros and cons of both Cat5e and Cat6a. With the walls of the tech house down we need to decide WHICH cable we are picking to install because once the drywall is back on it will be difficult to change. Comment down below which cable YOU would run!

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:39 Cat5e vs Cat6a
4:00 Moving the Fiber First
6:05 Boomer Humor
6:25 Running the Fiber
9:05 Powering the ONT
10:12 Running Cat6a
12:00 Outlast: The Linus Files
12:17 Running Cables
15:11 Install the Wireless
18:03 HEY BRANDS!
18:25 Running the Final Cables
21:09 Testing our Runs
22:35 So What Cable should we use?
22:45 Outro