most common twisted pair cables

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most common twisted pair cables Doug Davis 02-23-2007
Posted by Doug Davis on February 23, 2007, 8:53 am
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I am teaching Networks at a college, and I wanted to know, what are
the most common twisted pair categories. I know about category 5, but
there are several listed in the book. including:

Cat5 Cat5e Cat6

What are people most commonly getting now in new installations?

thanks.


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Posted by Robert Redelmeier on February 23, 2007, 2:26 pm
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> I am teaching Networks at a college, and I wanted to know,
> what are the most common twisted pair categories. I know about
> category 5, but there are several listed in the book. including:

Oh, dear me. Learn to Google and use the wiki unless you
want to be embarrassed by your students.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable

> What are people most commonly getting now in new installations?

The choice is between Cat5e and Cat6.
Occasionally people find and run lower for
residential POTS.

-- Robert


Posted by Gerard Bok on February 23, 2007, 5:37 pm
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On 23 Feb 2007 05:53:44 -0800, "Doug Davis"

>I am teaching Networks at a college, and I wanted to know, what are
>the most common twisted pair categories.

>What are people most commonly getting now in new installations?

Teach them facts. The bulk of cabling costs is labour. Not wire.

Therefore: if you lay new cables, uses the latest / fastest type
of cable available. And lay at least twice the amout of cable,
you forsee to use :-)

And if you want to give them an edge: tell them to put an extra
pull-wire in as well.

--
Kind regards,
Gerard Bok

Posted by Thommy M. on February 25, 2007, 4:19 pm
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Gerard Bok wrote:
> On 23 Feb 2007 05:53:44 -0800, "Doug Davis"
>
>> I am teaching Networks at a college, and I wanted to know, what are
>> the most common twisted pair categories.
>
>> What are people most commonly getting now in new installations?
>
> Teach them facts. The bulk of cabling costs is labour. Not wire.
>
> Therefore: if you lay new cables, uses the latest / fastest type
> of cable available. And lay at least twice the amout of cable,
> you forsee to use :-)
>
> And if you want to give them an edge: tell them to put an extra
> pull-wire in as well.

...and a couple of fibres too when you're at it.

Posted by Dana on February 26, 2007, 8:59 pm
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>
> I am teaching Networks at a college, and I wanted to know, what are
> the most common twisted pair categories. I know about category 5, but
> there are several listed in the book. including:
>
> Cat5 Cat5e Cat6
>
> What are people most commonly getting now in new installations?
>
> thanks.

New installs should be cat 6
>
>
> --
> http://www.douglassdavis.com
>



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