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1.4mm Thick Gigabit Ethernet Cable

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-geeks-care-about-this-crap dept.

TheIonix writes "Flat network cables aren't anything new, but I'm pretty sure ones like this are. Japanese accessory king Elecom today announced the "LD-VAPF/SV05" network cabling, coming in at 1.4mm thick." Also here's their press release if you can read Japanese.

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  1. Flatwire by Jjeff1 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not sure if it's out yet or not, but Flatwire has talked about this at least a year ago.

    1. Re:Flatwire by megaversal · · Score: 5, Informative

      Last year (during summer) when I was in Japan, I bought a bunch of Elecom cables (CAT6 though, but the same thin design). They also sold CAT5 (10/100) cable at the same store I got my CAT6, so I'm assuming the real "news" is that they now have gigabit-capable CAT5 cable in the thin variety, not that flat cable is something new, or that even gigabit varieties of flat cable are new.

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  2. Translated Page by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google Translation of press release.

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  3. Useful by DarkSarin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If the pics are accurate, and you can really shut the window (sorry I don't read Japanese), then this is some cool stuff. I can see it being used to hide cabling and make it less obtrusive.

    Other than that, they had better be selling it for close to normal cable prices, or I can't think of anyone who would buy very much of it.

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  4. All fine and good by PDA_Boy · · Score: 5, Funny

    But surely a large file will not fit through such a small cable? You'd need to hammer them down first, which is an unwanted chore. Easier than making them small enough to transmit wirelessly, I guess.

    1. Re:All fine and good by dances+with+elks · · Score: 5, Funny

      the ones should be ok, they're quite thin but I'm just not sure about the zeros

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  5. Translation of press release by sczimme · · Score: 5, Funny


    "We are disrespectful to cable of girth. Can you see that we are serious? Join me or die. Can you do any less? For special lucky data, use Elecom LD-VAPF/SV05 network cabling."

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  6. UTP doesn't have shielding! by PornMaster · · Score: 5, Informative

    The U in UTP is Unshielded. Standard Ethernet doesn't use shielding. But it does use the twists in the cabling to combat interference.

    It looks like this flat cable is only for very small sections, for which you can probably get away without the twists if you've got another way to handle the interference.

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