Best Cat 6 Cable and how to split

[JasonByrne]

Hi everyone, getting house rewire done early next year, electrician says if I get the cat 6 cable he will run it upto loft. I am wanting cctv system at some point so wanting cable ran from router area in living room into the loft what is best or quickest cable I should be using and where is best to purchase from?

Also how would I go about splitting if wanted to run into a junction and then run to individual rooms for tvs or gaming etc ?

Thanks

[LanestIo]

You don't split the cable as such, you use a switch. The switch is your junction. I would [well, have] run it all back to the loft and have the switch there.

[Sanidly]

I ran into something similar and ended up sourcing some solid copper Cat6 from hkcablemachine.com. Big difference compared to the cheaper copper-clad stuff—more reliable signals and no weird disconnects. Also found it easier to punch down in keystone jacks without it snapping or fraying. For splitting, I just used a proper network switch instead of splitting pairs, made everything way more stable.