We are expanding our office into some adjacent space. The space we're taking over has some finished offices that we're going to keep, and their drops run to a nice little wiring closet not that far from our own server room. I figured I'd just throw my switch into their closet and run fiber or UTP from my existing rack. I was surprised to discover that the drops already in place are cat 6 STP (must've been put it when they moved in a couple of years ago), but the shields have simply been trimmed back to the jacket and are not grounded on either end. I think I read somewhere that an ungrounded shield could cause problems and I was wondering if I need to ground these shields somewhere? I don't want to recable but if I had to repatch them to a panel I can ground the shields to that probably wouldn't be too pricey, would it?
What do you think?
-- Jon