[TowerTalk] LMR-400 LMR-600 Equivalent (and stuff)

Kevin rkstover at mchsi.com
Wed Jun 4 08:15:41 EDT 2008


I have to respectfully disagree.

Cat5/5e/6 cable is made with very small diameter solid wire.
Kinking of any sort can't be good and at higher network speeds does show up.

For Roger,

Cat6 is different than Cat5/e.
Bigger conductors, tighter twist in the pairs, certified to 250Mhz and 
10Gig speeds.
Same distance restrictions apply, 100m (330ft) for a horizontal run. 
When we wired the building at my former employer we used Fiber and 
plenum rated Cat6 exclusively.

Everything you always wanted to know about Cat6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable

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