Copper cables have been around for a very long time and the way they carry a message is via electricity, whilst copper is extremely reliable it does not have the speed that is demanded for today’s communications.
Cat5 cables for example, categories 5 and 5e are specified for a bandwidth of 1-100 MHz while category 6 is specified for a frequency range of 1-250 MHz. This means that category 6 offers at least double the amount of usable frequency spectrum for signal transmission and supports more than double the information carrying capacity of a category 5 or 5e system.
What
are the benefits of Category 6 over Cat5 cables?
Category 6 cabling systems offer over twice the bandwidth of Category 5E
cabling systems. Higher specified NEXT values mean that Category 6 offers
over 2 ½ times better signal isolation than Category 5E systems presently
installed.
The increased bandwidth and signal isolation that Category 6 solutions provide
makes it an ideal platform for present day protocols such as gigabit Ethernet
as well as future high speed protocols offering speeds over 1 Gbit/s. Installing
a high performance cable infrastructure now is the most cost effective way
to cater for your network cabling requirements now and for the future.
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