Originally Posted by Rcaman
Cat 6 made sense to me because it broke the gigabit barrier, officially. Sure, Cat 5 will run gigabit quite nicely, but it isn't certified to do so. In the corporate world, it's what is perceived to be that gets the traction, not what actually is.

To be honest, I missed the boat on this one. I thought, for sure, the Category cable releases would stop at 6 and fiber would be going to the desktop. I know IEEE has committees making plans for Cat X into the future, but there is a physical limit to the bandwidth over UTP that is fast approaching. A simple sweep test shows the limits are being pushed now.

Rcaman

Fiber to the desktop sounds good in theory but is very expensive to deploy. The typical office user is fine (and will be) with gigabit speeds but get into architects etc. and it begins to make sense.


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