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.
Cat5e cable wire size.
Cable twisting length is not standardized but typically there are 1 5 2 twists per cm in cat 5 e and 2 twists per cm in cat 6.
24 gauge gray 4 pair 8 conductor solid utp plenum cat 5e cable.
In fact if you go to most online it stores you will find that they are no longer selling cat5 cables for purchase.
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Furthermore keep in mind that due to cat5e s old age it is not the fastest performing network cable on the market.
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With the innovation of cat6 cat6a and cat7 cables cat5e cables may soon meet the same fate as cat5 cables.
There are two main physical differences between cat 5 and cat 6 cables the number of twists per cm in the wire and sheath thickness.
Cat 5 is also used to carry other signals such as telephony and video.