re: Getting Cell Signal and Wifi To Detached Shop

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Can you explain in technical terms the reason for using shielded cable between buildings? Is it to prevent creating a voltage potential? Ground loop issues? Are those the same thing? Wouldn't the same problem exist if you run cable between two devices which are inside the same building and plugged into two different circuits?

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I personally prefer shielded because the extra layering helps against the elements. You use it indoors if you think you're going to be running into a lot of interference, but outdoors you're less likely unless you're using the same conduit to run electrical (which some places tend to do). Conduit + shielded in this situation is probably just my personal preference and a good bit of overkill, but if you want to use the conduit for other wiring then definitely get the shielded.

Not for voltage issues really - your ethernet barely carries an electrical charge in comparison to actual electrical cables (but obviously can carry a surge). I know some folks will just lay a shielded cable on the ground and think that's enough, but rarely think about animals, or forgetting its there and hitting it with a mower, etc.

So yeah, don't think of ethernet cabling like electrical wiring. Shielding ethernet isn't for the same purposes.