From owner-freebsd-net Thu Jun 1 11:40:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.ocsny.com (apollo.ocsny.com [204.107.76.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B484337BA86 for ; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 11:40:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mikel@ocsny.com) Received: from ocsny.com (ppp-003.ocsny.com [204.107.76.30]) by apollo.ocsny.com (8.9.2/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA70520; Thu, 1 Jun 2000 14:40:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3936AEA8.AC967110@ocsny.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 14:42:48 -0400 From: Mikel Organization: Optimized Computer Solutions, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,it MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mitch Collinsworth Cc: Vince Vielhaber , Wes Peters , MG_Tak , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Off topic, sorta: home RJ-45 wiring References: <200006011835.OAA23110@larryboy.graphics.cornell.edu> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------20F1C04C17EBB5E91CAEFF48" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------20F1C04C17EBB5E91CAEFF48 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit seriously the HD cable is crap...try altex.com...they aren't too expensive and they rarely make mistakes... Mitch Collinsworth wrote: > >> I haven't seen this sort of thing in home improvement stores, but I'm in > >> a pretty rural area. Maybe things are better where you are. In any > >> case I can recommend a vendor we've used frequently for this sort of > >> thing here in the office: > >> > >> MilesTek, Inc. > >> 1-800-524-7444 > >> www.milestek.com > >> > >> They have everything you need and are easy to work with. > > > >I've seen cat5 cable and jacks at Home Depot, but if you don't have one > >nearby you can always go to DataCom Warehouse (warehouse.com) They carry > >everything you need and I've typically gotten everything within a day or > >two depending on what time I ordered. > > I agree. DCW is very fast. They are also expensive, difficult to > order from, and make frequent mistakes, in my experience. I have > used them a lot. MilesTek is not quite as fast but they are easier > to deal with, have better prices, and don't make mistakes, again in > my experience. When I need it overnight and I don't care what it > costs I call DCW. When I don't need it overnight I call MilesTek. > > Maybe if DCW didn't send me a shiney new catalog every single week > of the year they would have better prices. :-) > > -Mitch > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message -- Cheers, Mikel +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Optimized Computer Solutions, Inc http://www.ocsny.com | 39 W14th Street, Suite 203 212 727 2238 x132 | New York, NY 10011 +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Labor rates: | Net Technician $125 hourly | Net Engineer $150 hourly | Network Eval $300 per incedent | Programming $175 hourly (Web & Database) | Web Engineer $150 hourly | Security Specialist $175 hourly | Phone Support $ 33 quarter hourly | Account Changes $ 25 per incedent | Lost Password $ 45 per incedent +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ --------------20F1C04C17EBB5E91CAEFF48 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="mikel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Mikel Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="mikel.vcf" begin:vcard n:King;Mikel tel;fax:2124638402 tel;home:http://www.upan.org tel;work:2127272100 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Optimized Computer Solutions version:2.1 email;internet:mikel@ocsny.com title:Director of Network Operations & Technology adr;quoted-printable:;;39 W14th St.=0D=0ASte 203;New York;NY;10011;US note;quoted-printable:fBSD, PHP, MySql and OCS Rule!!!=0D=0A=0D=0AGoal is to be MS free by the end of 2k. x-mozilla-cpt:;7312 fn:Mikel King end:vcard --------------20F1C04C17EBB5E91CAEFF48-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message