Template talk:Twisted-pair cables

message: The list of "network cables" is practically as long as the list of cables.  I wonder if we could find a better title for this useful template.
It currently mentions coax, and details unshielded twisted pair.  It doesn't list any cables associated with fiber optics, wide area networking, power line networking, etc.  Perhaps it would be best to drop "coax" cables and rename to Unshielded Twisted Pair Cabling Standards. dpotter 01:07, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What about Fiber Cables (eg: OM3)? --Pinnecco 11:00, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: What about them?  I suspect that if we renamed the template to UTP Cabling Standards, then we wouldn't include fiber.  dpotter 06:41, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other cable types 

message: Does anyone else think this template is a bit text-heavy? Repeating "Currently ______ by TIA/EIA" eight times is somewhat redundant.  I think this kind of data would work better in a table without the redundancy:
                                                                                   	                                                                                   	
Name                                                                               	TIA/EIA status                                                                     	Usage
Cat 1                                                                              	Unrecognized.                                                                      	POTS telephone communications, ISDN and doorbell wiring
Cat 2                                                                              	Unrecognized.                                                                      	4 Mbit/s token ring networks
Cat 3                                                                              	Defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.                                                          	Data networks utilizing frequencies up to 16 MHz, popular for 10 Mbit/s Ethernet networks
Cat 4                                                                              	Unrecognized.                                                                      	Provides performance of up to 20 MHz, frequently used on 16 Mbit/s token ring networks
Cat 5                                                                              	Unrecognized.                                                                      	Provides performance of up to 100 MHz, frequently used on 100 Mbit/s ethernet networks; may be unsuitable for 1000BASE-T gigabit ethernet
Cat 5e                                                                             	Defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.                                                          	Provides performance of up to 100 MHz, frequently used for both 100 Mbit/s and 1000BASE-T gigabit ethernet networks
Cat 6                                                                              	Defined in TIA/EIA-568-B.                                                          	Provides performance of up to 250 MHz (more than double the performance of category 5 and 5e)
Cat 6a                                                                             	Unrecognized.                                                                      	Future specification for 10 Gbit/s applications
Cat 7                                                                              	Unrecognized.                                                                      	Informal name applied to ISO/IEC 11801 Class F cabling, designed for transmission at frequencies up to 600 MHz
See also: TIA/EIA-568-B • Ethernet • 8P8C • Ethernet crossover cable • Twisted pair	See also: TIA/EIA-568-B • Ethernet • 8P8C • Ethernet crossover cable • Twisted pair	See also: TIA/EIA-568-B • Ethernet • 8P8C • Ethernet crossover cable • Twisted pair
Anyone disagree with changing it to a table? --Lost-theory 22:41, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I like it.  I think you could even extend this by adding a "maximum performance" column (and leave it as 'undefined' for Cat-1. dpotter 02:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information overload 

message: Originally posted to Talk:Category 6 cable --Kvng (talk) 18:43, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe the description is correct. 1000BASE-T was designed to work on Cat5 because there was a lot of it sitting in cable plants at the time 1000BASE-T was developed. One thing that is possibly unclear is the fact that 10BASE-T can be run on Cat3 and higher. Should we add 10BASE-T to Cat5, Cat5e, etc? --Kvng (talk) 18:48, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  UTP Cable Standards 

message: has edited the template to confrom to Standard look. Where is this Standard look defined. --Kvng (talk) 00:58, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Standard look 

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 03:24, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Template:UTP cables →  – Currently the name is misleading since it covers shielded (STP) and not only unshielded (UTP) cables. My understanding is that the standard doesn't actually specify whether a particular generation of cable is shielded, only the electrical characteristics such as bandwidth. 2620:15C:84:7:7AC1:F946:EE36:4D4B (talk) 22:57, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 25 January 2024