We're going around in circles here. We've already established that Cat5e "fills most needs" but the IT geeks have to have the latest "upgrades" which means that it will be Cat8 to the desktop.
I don't agree that fiber is any less durable than a piece of UTP. If it gets yanked on and stomped on under desks it's because some IT genius had no idea what neatness means.
-Hal
Of course, having gotten bored and decided to read the spec, Cat8 has a maximum length of 30 meters. Sort of makes the idea of taking it to the desktop a little bit of a challenge.
Doesn't mean the IT guys won't try for it anyway, but it at least gives us the ability to say "ok, you're moving all your users into the server rooms?"
