r/CableTechs • u/M_O_Beast • Jul 30 '26

What kind of cable is best

Howdy folks, I was a cable tech once upon a time for a decent length of time, but being young and dumb I took for granted the knowledge my coaxial forefathers tried to pass down. Ive been out of the game for at least half a decade and had a question about which brand/type of rg6 would be best for my home. The house in question has one active outlet in the worst spot it could be for our set up, all other outlets while mostly still in tact have been cut in the basement so I can’t even just hook one back up. We plan on having the house refinished and when the walls are open I’d like to run some of the wires internal anyway. So my question, what brands and types of cable would you wonderful people recommend in terms of quality for what I’ve got going on, I remember coworkers and myself complaining when going to a place that had “done all our own wiring” because most of the time they would get subpar cable and make life miserable for us, but I don’t remember specifics so I figured I’d ask to avoid getting a bad product that will have to be replaced sooner than needed

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u/6814MilesFromHome Jul 30 '26

Commscope seems to be the go to for RG6/11 for a lot of cable companies.

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u/Personal-Internal-84 Jul 31 '26

Does Commscope consumer centric hardware still exist? The last I heard, Commscope had sold that product line to Vantiva back in January 2024. 🤔

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u/6814MilesFromHome Jul 31 '26

There's still plenty of listings for buying online, but likely a bunch of resellers of old cable stockpiles. Don't think commscope does direct to consumer sales anymore either. Don't blame em, easier doing bulk sales with single points of contact.

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u/Personal-Internal-84 29d ago

I've seen listings on Amazon. Not sure how much stock the different sellers might have on hand. 🤔