Shred Price and cat 5/6 insulated wire

yep your right, problem with that is unless its this standard: ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.1 and printed on the cable its almost never real cat6. The only time I have seen cat 6e cable not be shielded was when it was boxed as part of a router kit. I find unless its an actual pro install using certified wire, all chinese cat6 fits in a 24ga gauging tool and measures too thin to be 23 in a caliper. Also, in order to meet the standard they increased the thickness of the insulation significantly reducing its recovery percentage in doing so. Having run a half million pounds of telecom cabling I have literally seen it all.

I have seen thickness of cat6 insulation as much as .007 over cat5 of the same gauge. It sounds insignificant but its diametrically exponential. Also because of the cheap quality of cat6, it is sometimes both shielded (the aluminum decreases chop quality)and uses twisted fiberglass filler to provide physical distance between pairs and internal tensile strength from damage during installation, again, reducing the recovery percentage. Even legitimate cat6 and 6e cable will recover lower than cat5, the insulation is thicker by a too significant margin.

Sorry I didn't clarify that earlier, I should have.