Even if you bought new cables when you moved in, it's possible that you installed a mislabeled cable, claiming to provide Cat ...

Pop open an Ethernet cable. Inside you'll find those four twisted pairs: orange, green, blue, and brown. A solid-colored wire ...

Check the Label: The cable jacket typically has a label indicating the cable type (UTP or STP) and category (Cat5, Cat5e, ...

The CAT label in Ethernet cables stands for “category,” which denotes its standard and specification. You can tell which category the cables belong to by the number suffix each one has. The main ...

Active optical cables Active optical cables (AOCs) are a type of Hybrid cable lengths that are terminated directly on each side with the optical transceiver directly terminated to the fiber optic ...

This article was updated March 31, 2023. It was originally published Jan. 8, 2016. Engineers and designers who don’t regularly work with CAT data of cables, and even some that do, can get confused ...

The best Ethernet cables for the PS5 ensure a reliable connection that keeps gamers playing their favorite PS5 games without losing their internet connection. They are fast and run at a relatively ...

I recently attended Total Telecom’s outstanding ‘Submarine Networks EMEA 2024’ to learn about this industry’s cybersecurity challenges. Cybersecurity has tended to have a fairly low profile in the ...

Using an Ethernet cable over Wi-Fi guarantees a more stable and faster gaming experience for players. CAT-8 cables provide superior internet speeds, but CAT-6 cables are more than enough for most ...

A new hyper-scale data center was built in rural New Jersey that’s served by more than 100 25kV cables. Six months into operation, a cable termination failed catastrophically, and the forensic ...

Ethernet cables are a simple way to improve the speed of data transfers. That’s largely why, as businesses continue to improve their networking solutions to support high-speed transfers, the global ...

Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) segment is expected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period. Due to the rise of smart homes and Internet of Things (IoT) there is a growing ...