Telecommunications

Data cabling in the modern era has become standardized for ease of implementation and vendor interoperability.

The below table shows the performance differences between the various categories of data cabling.

Frequency Bandwidth	TIA (Components)	TIA (Cabling)	ISO (Components)	ISO (Cabling)	MBPS
1 – 100 MHz	Category 5e	Category 5e	Category 5e	Class D	100
1 – 250 MHz	Category 6	Category 6	Category 6	Class E	1000
1 – 500 MHz	Category 6A	Category 6A	Category 6A	Class EA	10G*
1 – 600 MHz	n/s	n/s	Category 7	Class F	10G
1 – 1,000 MHz	n/s	n/s	Category 7A	Class FA	10G

* 10G @ 55 MTRS