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Cat6 vs Cat5e vs Cat5

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The differences between Cat6, Cat5e, Cat5 is rather big in some cases.

 

For example, Category 5 keystone jacks and cables can only support up to 100Mbp/s as it is a T-100 connection type. 

Category 6 and 5e cables and keystone jacks can support up to 1Gbp/s as they are both 1GBASE-T or 1-gigabit connection types.

The difference between Category 6 and Category 5e is that Category 6 can support up to 10GBASE-T over short distances using shielded pair. Category 6 cables and keystone jacks also run over the 250Mhz frequency band which can support a larger throughput compared to Category5e.

 

In many homes and commercial cases outside a datacenter 10GBASE-T or 10-gigabit is typically not saught after. Which makes most people lean towards the Cat5e cabling. In many cases though, Verbex Cables are priced competitively. Typically our Category 6 cabling and jacks are priced at or below Category5e cabling. The reason is due to the large surge of people moving to Category 6 due to the price decreases. 

 

In most cases, it makes sense to put in Category 6 cabling and keystone jacks. The great thing about Category 6 keystone jacks is that they are backwards compatible with Category 5e and 5 cables. Verbex equipment included.

 

Keystone Jacks are also referred to as RJ45 jacks, Wall plate jacks, RJ45 ethernet plugs and a few others.

You can check out our listings for Category 6 keystone jacks to go with your networking cabling HERE or by visiting https://shopverbex.com/keystonejacks

You can check out our listings for Category 5e Keystonte jacks to go with your networking cable HERE

View all our RJ45 Keystone Jack's (Black, Blue, Biege, Green, Orange Pink, Purple, Red, White, Yellow) HERE https://shopverbex.com/keystonejacks

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