| Installing Category 6 cable |
| The CAT6 installation may be considered more difficult than CAT5 or CAT5e only because the conductors are twisted more tightly, which makes it difficult to split them apart. Please allow your installers little (say, 10%) more time at first to get used to it. And you will hear them complaining about sore fingers and broken nails. However, it doesn't take much to adapt to CAT6 since everything else is essentially the same as it was before. Besides, cabling manufacturers usually take care of the installation and make the jacks/panels with sharper teeth that divide conductors in pair, which makes it little easier to install. |
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Installing Category 6 cable
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