Voice & Data cable types:
Cat 3:
Voice grade for analog use & 10BASE-T Ethernet
Cat 5E:
100 Mbps TPDDI, 155 Mbps ATM, Gigabit Ethernet Offers better performance than
Cat 3 & Cat 5.
Cat 6:
Minimum rated cable for Data Centers per TIA-942 Gigabit Ethernet.
Cat6E:
Supports 10 Gigabit Ethernet ( 10GBASE-T)
May be shielded or unshielded. This standard
was published in Feb 2008. Minimum for ISO Data Centers standard. |