ADIC Fibre Channel cable

Advantages: Durable; Brand name; Reliable
Disadvantages: Relatively expensive; Overkill for a 56k connection

...Cables are heavily underrated. Everyone always thinks their computer will run faster if they upgrade their hardware or OS, but the humble cable almost always gets ignored. So, Belkin came up with this 'high speed' premium cable to help convince people that they need a new cable to make their lives complete, or rather, make their internet connection 'as fast as a speeding bullet'. The Internet Modem cable, unsurprisingly, is used to connect your modem, be it internal or external, to your standard BT wall outlet. On one end you have the typical RJ-11 plug, and on the other, a BT plug has already been connected. This means you don't have to go out and buy any converters. The RJ-11 plug is of similar style to some of Belkin's RJ-45 plugs, with tabs protruding up the sides to prevent you from accidentally disconnecting the plug from its... Read review

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Advantages: Quick Installation, Colour co-oridinated, Fast Speeds
Disadvantages: Price Varied

...*Company History* Belkin, based in Compton, California, are one of the world’s leading manufacturers of peripherals and connectivity in the computer industry. Their products are designed for home and business users and cover a large range including: USB Hubs, LAN and Wireless devices and cables, Networking Hardware and accessories, and Computer and audio-visual cables. *Category 5 Cables - Networking* With respect to my personal circumstances I found myself considering Belkin's range of products when I was in need of a networking cable. A Network set up is a group of two or more computers linked together. There are several networking groups, including LAN (Local Area Network), whereby the computers are geographically close together. My home LAN Network set up originally consisted of two Personal Computers (PC... Read review

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Advantages: strong
Disadvantages: none

...Now iv not done a review on USB cables before, really its just never hit me that I could actually write about these and there’s also the fact that there’s not really much you can say about a cable, but ill give it a go. This is a normal printer cable which means it has two ends, one being the end which goes into any USB port in your computer or laptop, this end is the rectangle shaped end and is called a type A. The other end is which goes into your printer, and don’t worry as nearly every printer made has this kind of end so it will definitely fit, and this end is kind of square in shape and is known as the type B end. It transfers data to your computer at speeds of up to 480 mbps, that’s megabytes a second which is really fast and is about 40 times faster than USB 1.1 cables. The cable its self is 1.8 m... Read review

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