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Category 6 UTP Standard is (finally) Here

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the just-after-I-wired-my-basement dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This is only important for the networkphiles out there, but the Category 6 UTP specification is finally here. The standard is the TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1. The significance of this is that now you can transmit at 250Mhz frequencies (vs 100Mhz of Cat 5/5e). So 1Gbps is easily achievable. Of course ther's still Category 7 (600Mhz) in development, but I guess we should eventually move to fiber." Who hasn't crimped cat-5 before?

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  1. Fiber by URoRRuRRR · · Score: 4, Funny

    but I guess we should eventually move to fiber

    Usually for me it's the other way around, Fiber gets me movin'.

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  2. Cat 5 crimpin' by Wiseazz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I worked for a medium-sized IT consulting firm. When we moved into a larger office space, they saved money by making everyone in the office make patch cables. Office Admin., everybody. Glad I was billable :)

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  3. This cable's going to be pricey. by acceleriter · · Score: 5, Funny

    So we plan to save money on Cat-6 by using two Cat-3 cables in parallel.

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  4. Who hasn't crimped cat-5 before? by g_bit · · Score: 3, Funny
    Oooh, like anybody who's anybody's crimped network cable!

    And you're sooo sexy with that coil of ethernet slung over your shoulder like you're Tarzan or something...<giggle>

  5. Re:I thought we had cat7 a few years back... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    what I want to know is why wer are still using TP when we have fiber available?

    Doesn't the use of fiber cause the need for TP? Plus I'd hate to wipe my ass with glass...I'll stick to TP thanks

  6. "Any Day Now" by rf600r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I had this company trying to sell me a Cat6 or Cat7 install. When I busted him by reminding him that there was no such spec yet, He fumbled, insisting they'd comply to the standard which would be out "any day now." I told him if he ever tried to sell me a line of shit like that again, I'd thow him and his installers out immediately. This was 1996. I should track that dork down.

  7. Re:URL won't work w/ Opera by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have mine set to indentify as MSIE 5.0, think thats the difference?

    What do you think. Seriously.