So in my apartment my computer desk is on the other side of the room from our phone jack where our DSL modem will plug in once we move it out here (right now I'm on our unreliable wireless). In order ...

So I'm getting ready to hard wire my house. I think I have figured out all the tools and equipment to use for this but buying a Cat5e cable spool is making my head spin, at least from Amazon.

Belden 1872A MediaTwist Cat 6 cable. Last month, we covered unshielded twisted pairs (UTP) to carry audio. The highest-quality UTP is computer cable, premise/data cable. It's called Cat 5, Cat 5e or ...