[RndTbl] Counterfeit ATCom CAT5 (CCA) from CBIT

[Colin Stanners]

I had a few 'cat5e' runs at AW that were exhibiting strange issues - PoE
didn't work well, more at the device power-on where you'd expect a surge of
current. Crimps seemed really sensitive. Generally communication over them
'felt' off. I bypassed them and guessed it was wire damage from the
construction but as I'm taking them down they seem undamaged.

I had heard of CCA 'fake cat5' before,
http://www.twistedpair.co/caution-using-cooper-clad-aluminium-cat5-cable/
but never seen any. Scraped some of the wires and to my untrained eye it
seems these are CCA. We can keep using them for analog cameras - didn't see
any problems there yet - but nothing else.

These came from 3 boxes of 'ATcom NWC-215-313' that were bought at CBIT.
I'm assuming fake products like this are one of the reasons they're out of
business now, but if you have any boxes sitting around you may want to toss
them.
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