Ensure Fast Data Transmission with CAT 6A Installation The cabling infrastructure of CAT6 cables is far more superior as compared to the infrastructure of CAT5E. During the initial days of advent of CAT6, it was 50% more expensive than CAT5E. Considering its price, several refrained from installing it. After few years, its costs reduced drastically and now it has become the latest and the most acceptable standard for new cabling installations. As data demands on business networks continue to escalate, so too does the need for new and improved data cabling solutions that can deliver the level of performance that companies need. The first CAT 6A systems were introduced in 2004 to address the needs of 10GBASET applications, and have quickly become the data cabling solution of choice for new installations supporting Power over Ethernet (PoE) or data rates at 1 Gbps or higher.
It was designed to be the first cabling specification to aim for optimised repeatable alien crosstalk performance, while also being specified to a frequency of 500 MHz with superior insertion loss. The technology was developed in response to the emergence of the 10GBASE-T standard, the use of which highlighted limitations in the design of older CAT5e and CAT6 systems, and has since gained traction thanks to the predictable performance it offers in bundled situations, as well as the lower cable losses it provides. One of the problems that can occur when using CAT5e and CAT6 network cabling with 10GBASE-T applications is that crosstalk between cables in a bundle - called alien crosstalk becomes highly variable, with the added factor of insertion loss creating performance bottlenecks.
On the other hand, CAT6A network cables provide predictable alien crosstalk performance at low and specified levels, while insertion loss is also brought down to a much more manageable degree. CAT6A network cabling elements are used in Class EA networks systems. What's more, CAT6A Install is the right solution when using the latest PoE Plus technology, as its design supports the use of wellcontrolled spacing between cables, and the use of typically larger conductor to aid DC resistance. All of this helps to reduce the heat generated when multiple cables in a bundle are carrying power. You can also identify shielded and unshielded cables as F/UTP (shielded) and U/UTP (unshielded) cable. CAT-6A U/UTP depicts that the cable has four unshielded twisted pairs and comes without an outer shielding. And CAT-6A F/UTP depicts that the cable has a shield and consists of 4 unshielded twisted pairs and an outer foil shield. One of the recent additions to the CAT-6A shielded cabling is a U/FTP cable. This cable configuration has all four pairs individually shielded, rather than an outer foil shield. The overall test results and performance of this cable has been quite impressive. If you have a network for your business, chances are, your data is doubling every month. By choosing quality CAT6A Install, you are preventing the need to perform multiple upgrades each time you get faster equipment.