[softfalcon]

No worries. Be as picky as you want to be. I merely recommended the only cable I can actually recommend for the average consumer. Was sure to add for my home office for some context.

This cable fits the bill for running a connection between access points in my home. The speed is top notch, not seeing drops in speed for the many times I've moved large files across the network. Cabling seems sturdy and rugged, even while I was feeding it through various locations.

As long as it appears reliable and I get the speeds I expect, I don't really care much beyond that. It works, it was cheap, I don't ask many more questions.

Would this stuff hold up in a data center? Probably not. When I was wiring up homes or buildings, I always bought a high quality spool of Cat 6 from a trusted local provider.

They asked for a recommendation, I did a mental "what are they likely asking? As someone in their home, or as a data center IT worker hooking up racks of servers?"

I work remotely now, so I'm at home. Just assumed they were at home or similar. Maybe not the answer they were looking for. shrugs