Technical comparison between FFTP CAT6A Cables Manufacturers' Cat 6 and Cat 6A cables:

Similarities:

1. Support 10/100/1000 Mbps (megabits per second) speed to 328 feet (100 meters)

2. Made of eight copper conductors twisted into four pairs

3. Ended with TIA 568A or B color code specification

4. Make sheaths for different installation requirements (such as standpipe ratings)

5. There is an internal cross skeleton called a spline, which is made of plastic to keep the pairs apart

6. Can be unshielded or shielded

the difference:

1. The manufacturing and termination tolerances of Cat6A cables are stricter than those of Cat6. This means that the copper conductors are twisted tighter. This requires higher specification patch panels, wall jacks and RJ45 connectors.

2. Cat6A speed is at least 500 MHz. This allows 10 Gbp/s (Gigabits per second) up to 328 feet (100 meters). The maximum speed of Cat6 is 250 MHz. Therefore, it only supports 10 Gbp/s to 165 feet (55 meters) under ideal conditions-less in severe crosstalk environments.

3. Cat6A cables usually use thicker copper conductors and sheaths. This makes installation more difficult and drives up prices.

Equipment requirements

Cable requirements are usually determined by equipment currently installed or to be installed in the near future. 99% of network equipment will support Ethernet data cable speeds from 10 Mbp/s to 1 Gbp/s (1000 Mbp/s). Take inventory of your current equipment. Does your device need or even support 10 Gbp/s (10,000 Mbp/s)? Do you plan to upgrade your equipment to support this higher speed? If the answer is "yes", then you should use Cat6A cabling. However, most of the time, the answer is no. In this case, the Cat6A speed cable will not benefit you in any way, but it will definitely cost more.

Cost and easy to install

The cost of installing Cat6A cables from FTP CAT6 Cables Manufacturers is very different from that of Cat6 cables. When installing Cat6A cables to reach speeds of 10 Gbps, the cost increase does not only come from wiring. The additional cost is due to the need for higher-performance switches and additional network hardware. A single network infrastructure (such as cables) cannot be upgraded to the Cat6A specification and provide you with faster speeds. Until the entire network infrastructure is upgraded.

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