Cat6 Guide

Looking for Cat6 cables? We feature a great Cat6 cable product range.

In June 2002 Category 6 (Cat6) was ratified. Cat6 cable offers bandwidths of 250MHz and provides a truly future proof cabling system that will run Gigabit Ethernet and beyond.

Due to the strict requirements set out in this Class E standard and to enable the performance to be more than doubled from the previous Class D standard, manufacturers have had to radically redesign each element of the structured cabling system to ensure full backward compatibility and interoperability.

The Excel Category 6 cabling system provides bandwidths of 250MHz and exceeds the Cat6 standards ISO 11801, EN50173-1 & TIA/EIA 568-B.2-1. The Cat6 cable range encompasses unshielded twisted pair cable, patch leads, patch panels and modules. The Cat6 system is backward compatible with Category 5 and 5e systems and therefore allows the user, if required, to spread the cost of implementing a full Cat6 solution. By installing Category 6 cable from the outset together with Category 5e patch panels and outlets, the costs will be significantly reduced. As and when the time comes to upgrade to a full Cat6 cable system it’s just a simple case of swapping out the patch panels and modules.
The Excel Cat6 cabling system is interoperable and will therefore work with components from other manufacturers’ Cat6 cabling systems. However to obtain the maximum performance we’d recommend that you stick to one particular brand and this also provides the added security of carrying the manufacturers’ warranty.

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