The present customer reviews According to one will experience with this cable no major problems - BUT: A shielded in any way at all (UTP = Unshielded Twisted Pair) with the Notice apply to "UTP shielding ...", my opinion is clearly misleading because the non-technical layman must assume that a screening is. If you want to know more, can the details of UTP cables on Wikipedia read ([...]): "New name by ISO / IEC 11801 (2002) E: U / UTP. Cable with unshielded pairs and without overall shield (Unshielded Twisted Pair). In German-speaking UTP cables are hardly used (...). Up to Category 6 UTP cable is due to its small outer diameter and the lack of screens easy to work with and is usually cheaper than STP cable types. Precludes, however, that compared to current-carrying components and cables considerably higher distances must be adhered to when that would be necessary with shielded cables. "