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Q: Is there any product categorization for Category 5e cabling and Category
6 cabling? Are the connectors for Category 5e cable and Category 6 cable
different? Why are they more expensive?
A: Category 5e cabling and Category 6 cabling are the most common cabling
products in the cabling system. Category 5e Cable and Category 6 Cable
can be offered in different fire grades which include CM ( non plenum
grade ), CMR ( Riser grade ), CMP ( Plenum grade ), FRPVC ( Fire retardancy
grade ) and LSZH ( Low smoke and halogen free grade ). Category 5e cabling
includes both UTP Category 5e cables and FTP Category 5e cables. Category
6 cabling includes UTP Category 6 cables, FTP Category 6 cables and SFTP
Category 6 cables. Category 5e and Category 6 cables can either be solid
or stranded for both horizontal cabling and patching purpose.
Although category 6 cable and category 5e cable connectors may look alike,
category 6 cable connectors have much better transmission performance.
For example, at 100 MHz, NEXT of a category 5e cable connector is 43 decibels
(dB), while NEXT of a category 6 cable connector is 54 dB. This means
that a category 6 cable connector couples about 1/12 of the power that
a category 5e cable connector couples from one pair to another pair. Conversely,
one can say that a category 6 connector is 12 times less "noisy"
compared to a category 5e cable connector. This vast improvement in performance
was achieved with new technology, new processes, better materials and
significant R&D resources, leading to higher costs for manufacturers.
For detailed product description for Category 5e Cable, please visit
the category 5e cable in the Product
Category. There are other related articles for Category 5e cabling which
includes What is Category 5e cable?
What is the general difference between category 5e
cable and category 6 cable?.
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