Gentlemen -- The
b*cat requests permission to comment.
If sides are to be taken, I shall join forces with
rizla. There is a difference between what typical suppliers (
Amazon Market Place,
eBay Shops, etc) sell and what one can obtain from a dedicated cable supplier. From the former, one tends only to be able to purchase
Cat5e and
Cat6 specification cable designed to be used as flexible
patch cables. (
rizla was, unfortunately, using the descriptor "drop cables".) From a dedicated cable supplier, one can purchase the single-cored, semi-rigid, multi-screened,
Cat5e and
Cat6 specification cable which would be installed in a building (preferably at construction time) as a certified "structured wiring" infrastructure.
So . . . yes, both opposing sides of this temporary misunderstanding are correct!