What are the differences between category 3, 5e and 6 cables?
Category 3 cable is used primarily for telephone key system cabling and paging applications. Category 5e cable has been the standard data (computer) cabling for about the last seven years, although still in use, companies have started to migrate toward gigabit network designs which category 5e was really never intended to serve. Category 6 and 6e cable has become the cable standard for gigabit networks especially involving cases of voice over internet protocol (VOIP) where the voice and data networks are converged.
