That does make Cat5 cables typically cheaper to transport and easier to install since they're more flexible without shielding and have a thicker wire gauge. Cat6 has a thicker wire gauge as ...

Although swapping a Cat-5e patch cable with a Cat-7 one between a network ... 1999 1000BASE-T standard that would use only PAM-5 on Cat-6 wiring, this was a failure in the market as the 1999 ...