I am now offically an apprentice

[JGood]

Cat 6 is a PITA work with for what you actually get. 5e is what most people are still using today because it can do just about anything that Cat 6 can do by today's standards.

I see. I guess when FTTP really takes off everywhere and speeds increase is about the only use for it then? Sounds like 5e will be around for a long time if that's the case. I need to get back in the loop of things, I should know this shit.

[Jscotty]

I see. I guess when FTTP really takes off everywhere and speeds increase is about the only use for it then? Sounds like 5e will be around for a long time if that's the case. I need to get back in the loop of things, I should know this shit.

Truth be told, even regular Cat 5 can do 1000 Mbps. So its very likely that when the technology catches up with the capacity of the cable, we could very well see equipment that has a minimum Cat 6 standard yet it works just fine on 5e.

When I was new in the industry, the instructor in one of my training classes told us that the ratings for cabling are simply standards of what is promised and your actual results will vary. So for instance, being that the maximum distance for Cat 5 cabling is 328 feet, if you make a run that is 450 feet, nobody is saying that it won't work. They are simply saying that 328 feet or less WILL work. And I think that the same thing applies with Cat 6 wiring. The specs show it to be better cabling but I doubt that anyone makes any equipment or will make any equipment in the near future that will utilize the full capacity of what its able to do.

[JGood]

Truth be told, even regular Cat 5 can do 1000 Mbps. So its very likely that when the technology catches up with the capacity of the cable, we could very well see equipment that has a minimum Cat 6 standard yet it works just fine on 5e.

When I was new in the industry, the instructor in one of my training classes told us that the ratings for cabling are simply standards of what is promised and your actual results will vary. So for instance, being that the maximum distance for Cat 5 cabling is 328 feet, if you make a run that is 450 feet, nobody is saying that it won't work. They are simply saying that 328 feet or less WILL work. And I think that the same thing applies with Cat 6 wiring. The specs show it to be better cabling but I doubt that anyone makes any equipment or will make any equipment in the near future that will utilize the full capacity of what its able to do.

At my last project we messed around with a high end test unit passing tests over unreasonable lengths of cable and the degradation was negligent. The TIA/EIA standards are way high.