Category 6: The new UTP performance leader

By 1996, there were questions about whether Category 5 was going to have sufficient bandwidth to economically support future LAN applications. A debate ensued regarding which was better: Category 5 or a new and higher performance level. At a pivotal International Standards Organization meeting in Se...

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Published inNetworking solutions Vol. 7; no. 11; p. 20
Main Author Johnston, Mark
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Austin New Media Publications 01.08.1998
Subjects
Bandwidths
Cables
Computer networks
Problem solving
Technological change
United States
US
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Summary:By 1996, there were questions about whether Category 5 was going to have sufficient bandwidth to economically support future LAN applications. A debate ensued regarding which was better: Category 5 or a new and higher performance level. At a pivotal International Standards Organization meeting in September of 1997, it was decided to concurrently develop a 200MHz UTP Category 6 specification and a 600MHz SSTP Category 7 specification.
ISSN:1093-2402