I went to home depot not long ago and got a 1000' roll of cat 5 for around 
$58.  That is the best deal I have come across to date.  I have used about 
half of that roll and have not had any problems with the cable.

> So, anyone have any advice, such as good places to get bulk cable, whether
> I should spend more on cat6 rather than 5e or 5, whether I should get
> patch panels or just some switches, if I should consider running anything
> except ethernet, etc?
>
> TIA,
>
> -Yaron

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