Difference between CAT5E &CAT6 Cable

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 Question by Ramchandra Pitke posted 23 Jun 2004
 Difference between CAT5E &CAT6 Cable
Dear all,

can anybody tell me what is the difference between Cat5e & cat6 cable?

Ram
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 Answer by Joseph Golan posted 25 Jun 2004
Dear Ramchandra,

About $1 per foot...just joking

Cat 6 is manufactured to a higher performance stand then 5e. Cat 5e is designed to go to 100 Mhz and cat 6 goes to 250 Mhz.
The following link will take you to chart to show you the differences:
http://www.lanshack.com/cat5e-tutorial.asp#Chart

Sincerely,
Joseph Golan, RCDD

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