Inside Connection and Cabling, Inc.

Tips: What type of wiring or cabling do I need?

· Category 3: Used for standard voice communications, plain old telephone (POTS) lines, phone systems and voice grade circuits.

· Category 5: Used for local area networks (LAN). Data throughput speeds of 10 megabits to 100 megabits and beyond.

· Category 5e: Used for local area networks (LAN). Data throughput speeds of 100 megabits to 1 gigabit. Minimum standard installs today are done on Category 5e as a baseline; the market is moving away from Category 5. Category 5e provides additional headroom for gigabit bandwidth.

· Category 6: Used for local area networks (LAN). Data throughput speeds of 1 gigabit plus. Usually the customer has high bandwidth needs within the local area network for Category 6 to be necessary.

· Multimode Fiber: Picks up where copper ends. Used for local area networks (LAN) usually as riser cables between closets and switches/hubs; however, can also be to the workstation. Theoretical data throughput start at 1 gigabit and go well beyond. Multimode fiber is used as a "future proofing" solution as it can more than handle any of today's LAN hardware; and is more limited by what type of hardware is plugged into it than it's own physical limitations.

· Cable TV, also known as CATV or RG-6: Used for cable modems and cable TV.

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Seattle, Washington, USA