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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. Try viewing the page in Konquerer... by ZeLonewolf · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Stupid site...

    When I try to load the page, it loads fine, then quickly, the page is replaced with text that says "You must have an HTML 4 compatible browser", with links to IE and NS downloads.

    Sheesh. No respect.

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    "If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards."