Cat 5 Cable Standard Lengths

Category 6 cable cat 6 is a standardized twisted pair cable for ethernet and other network physical layers that is backward compatible with the category 5 5e and category 3 cable standards.

Cat 5 cable standard lengths. Cat 6 cables support higher bandwidths than cat 5. This is the network cable that is widely used for 100base t and 1000base t networks as it provides performance to allow data at 100 mbps and slightly more 125 mhz for 1000base t ethernet. Cat 6 has to meet more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise than cat 5 and cat 5e. The cable standard specifies performance of up to 250 mhz compared to 100 mhz for cat 5 and cat 5e.

Cat 5e is currently the most commonly used cable mainly due to its low production cost and support for speeds faster than cat 5 cables. The cat 5 cable superseded the cat 3 version and for a number of years it became the standard for ethernet. This is not recognised by the tia eia. Cat 5 is also used to carry other signals such as telephony and video.