I saw a comment on this Reddit and I cannot find it It was someone advising about staying clear of CCA as a data cable. Had been having massive spikes , speed and drop issues. I replaced my main fiber to router about three months ago to better hide the cable. It was a 48 metre run. When I saw the comment I checked the order I placed and of course the cable product code had a CCA in the middle. Replaced it today with a solid core and the difference is night and day. 150 to 490 mb down and 10 to 90 upload
TLDR: Fuck people that sell or categorize copper coated aluminium as CAT 6 cable.
I really don’t understand how you guys have such variables in CCA cabling, i never heard of it before ordering 305m… but i have gbit fiber and my connections and links are totally fine for years on such cabling.
Even what i see in stores mostly the “affordable” stuff is CCA, so, it cannot be that bad.
I do have sometimes DNS issues with my pi-hole, i have to disconnect and reconnect my pc, i’m not sure on the interaction but the pi-hole is directly into the router by a 0.5m copper factory cable.
The longest run i have is probably 20m, but i have 10~ of them.
Still, i’m not trying to discredit standards nor vouch for any CCA cable, i’m saying what it works for me and most companies i see here in Portugal use.