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Originally Posted by DaMac
I take it it is good quality cat 6? Would they run this up the outside wall and into the room above?
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Not sure as I've not used it myself, my install was basically a case of "Give me the box and I'll sort out the rest myself" and the techs were competent and obliging.
TBH it doesn't matter what category it is and as I've said dozens of times Cat 6 is pointless (not just for these purposes). The modem ports are 100M only and that's technically handled just fine by Cat 3 cable.
In any case, as above it'll likely not be outdoor rated but in my personal experience even cheapo 99p ebay indoor cable works just fine for outdoor use in rainy ol' Scotland if you take the proper precautions.
If you want the actual phone point moved (not advisable if it's further away) then that's another matter, it'll *usually* cost unless you know your way around the system and will probably degrade your signal so just using the ethernet extension is usually the better option. Unlike VM cable, VDSL phone lines can see significant degradation just by running a few extra metres of it around your house.