C2G RJ11 Modem Cable For DSL Internet - Connects Phone Jack To Broadband DSL Modems For High Speed Data Transfer - 7ft Long Ethernet Network Cable With Double-Shielding To Reduce Interference - 28721

I write this review in response to the guy who complained that the cable is from 1999. The cable is "SFTP" shielded, and this is printed on the jacket. Those letters stand for "Screened Fully-Shielded Twisted Pair."This is an improvement over regular phone cables because of three things. 1. Pairs of conductors are twisted together to minimize crosstalk. This technology was invented by Alexander Graham Bell, so it much precedes the 1999 timestamp conferred by the other reviewer. it works by allowing both conductors of the pair to absorb the same amount of electromagnetic interference as one another from an adjacent source. 2. The pairs are each shielded with foil. This is another means to keep electromagnetic interference from altering the signal transmitted across the pairs, and it dates back to Michael Faraday. 3. All of the pairs (in this case two of them) are bundled and together wrapped in foil to further protect the integrity of the signals transmitted through them. None of this technology is groundbreaking, but the reason to use shielded cat 5e ethernet cable is simple: most phone cord doesn't go to such great lengths to protect the signal, while ethernet cable is designed with signal integrity in mind due to the greater throughput demanded by its applications. The connectors on this cable are very nice. Unlike most phone cords, they feature strain reliefs. The connectors are shielded, which is important for the foil shielding of the cables to work properly. At 7ft long, this cable may also be substantially shorter than the green DSL cable provided by your ISP. That is a good thing. If your green cable is bunched up and zip-tied, using a shorter cable ceteris paribus is an obvious way to reduce the voltage drop between your gateway and the ISP's DSLAM. This cable may not improve your connection if your internet is already working properly, but if you are having problems with your existing cable and/or you wish to spend a few bucks on a high-quality RJ11 cable for your DSL gateway, it is a solid choice. Don't worry about the year that cat 5e was introduced; cat 7 was introduced in 2002 but that doesn't mean 10GigE is obsolete. Focus instead on the problems you are having with your internet service and how to improve your connection by improving the weakest links in your setup.

Our office has had high speed Internet for years, mostly DSL thru Bell South now ATT. We were informed by ATT that it is phasing out DSL in our area and replacing it with Uverse. We upgraded. After the upgrade we had a lot of problems with our ATT Uverse router/modem dropping the signal. We had no fewer than 7 ATT Uverse technicians out to work on the problem over a 2 week period. They did considerable work on the outside lines eliminating what they called "bridge taps" and that improved things a lot. But we were still getting dropped from time to time, about once a week and it seems we were not getting the full speed we were paying for. One of the techs noticed that the cable supplied by ATT with the router/modem (a Motorola NVG510) was not a shielded cable and that as installed in our office the Uverse cable from the jack in the wall to the router/modem was in what can only be described as a "spaghetti junction" of other cables feeding the phones, computers, printers and so on. To minimize interference from the other cables we bought this cable off Amazon and installed it to replace the unshielded cable that ATT supplied. We have gone over 90 days now and been dropped off the Internet by Uverse only 1 time, which is great (originally we were getting dropped 2 or 3 times per day, then 1 or 2 times per week, now after this cable and the other fixes mentioned only 1 time in over 90 days). We are also now getting almost the full Uverse speed we pay for (we pay for 12,000 kbps and are actually getting 11,997 kbps). While I cannot say this cable alone solved all our problems as many of them were located in the lines outside our building, I can say as we got the outside line problems fixed this shielded cable helped eliminate our remaining problems involving cross interference from our other cables and helped further reduce our drop rate and help us get the full Uverse speeds we paid for. Not a magic bullet, but it certainly helped. Very pleased.

o/` o/` What a difference, a cable makes.. 84 little inches... o/` o/` (Hopefully this brought to mind for you Aretha singing 'What a Difference a Day Makes'.) Seriously, I have been involved in tech for going on 20+ years, and one of the things that I learned early on was that if there is an issue with anything that is connecting or connected to anything else - and where a cable is involved at any point - *always* check the cables! It's often not obvious - or even visible at all - when a cable has an issue, and it can cause a slow connection, or an erratic connection, or even no connection at all! It's also the simplest and cheapest thing to check! Most recently I ordered this particular cable because I had upgraded to a newer, high-speed modem, and trust me, when your ISP ships you that new modem, they are *not* including good quality cables (unless they are a very unusual ISP). So I ordered this cable, and I can confirm that it's a great cable, and works very well!

I used this cable differently from most people, so my cons will only apply to a small number of users. For most, this is a 5 star cable. I cut this cable in half to connect my DSL modem to my 110 punch down block. This is a fantastic cable for a high quality DSL signal. The signal on the cable is excellent and I'm able to achieve my full DSL speeds with it. Pros: Double shielded twisted pair cable. It has a braided shield on the outside, similar to a coax cable. The interior shielding is a foil shield over all four conductors. Overall, the shielding is excellent and leaves little to be desired. Cons: Against wiring standards, orange is used in place of the blue wires and green is used in place of the orange. It is slightly confusing, but easily overcome if you pay attention to which pin on the RJ11 connector each wire is connected to when you attach to a punchdown block. If you buy this cable to connect two phone jacks, you will have no problems.

Good Quality I will buy gain when needed.

It a shielded RJ11 cable. High quality. The color is grey rather than blue, though.

excellent performance.....

Efectivamente es el cable para conectar el modem a la roseta de telmex en línea de cobre

Bad cables Not even connecting

Magnífico, da la velocidad deseada y un acabado muy resistente lo recomiendo y vale la pegar el precio. Gracias saludos