On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you tell me if you have an idea as to why is there such a price
> difference ?  Am I shelling our unnecessary cash by getting the costlier
> one ?

Branded cables are a lot more expensive than self crimped ones in
India. Quality is definitely better. The branded ones come in specific
lengths and the cable is factory crimped /moulded and thus will have a
longer life and lower resistance at the connector pins. This is also a
high margin item for the manufacturer as the price is low comapred to
other equipment they make.

I've founded crimping RJ45s to cable cut to desired lengths work just
as well here. Costs a whole lot less as labour is not expensive in
India (as compared to the US). I've not found the premium for branded
cable worth the difference in quality as we can re-crimp here in India
easily.

-- Mohan Sundaram
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