Category 5 Cable or Cat 5 Cable

Category 5 cable, which also is commonly called as Cat 5, is a renowned twisted pair cable type which is supports high signal integrity to route the data. Structured cabling is commonly seen having this kind of twisted pair cable especially in computer networks in which ATM network as well as Ethernet network is also included. Some other notorious signals are also seen carrying this type of cable in their networks in which video networks as well as telephony networks are also included.

Most cables of the in-discussion Category 5 cable or you may say Cat 5 cable are known as the unshielded cables whose basic relying point is nothing but twisted pair which is used to avoid noise rejection in these cables. Currently Category 5e cable is widely seen working in replacement of in-discussion cable type across the globe in structured cabling.

ANSI or you may say EIA / TIA-568-A is seen carrying the full details about specifications of this in-discussion cable type known as Category 5 cable or you may say Cat 5 cable and detailed clarifications this cable’s specifications have been described in TSB-95. Performance characteristics as well as test requirements of this cable have been specified in the above mentioned documents for frequencies in which 100 MHz is also included.


Category 5 cable or you may say Cat 5 cable is not recognized as limited to the cable of 4 pairs only. Backbone applications of this in-discussion cable type are seen having 100 pairs exactly same as listed or sighted in the above mentioned documents. The pairs in this cable type are made within the cables by using copper wires of 24 gauges or you may say AWG.

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