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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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