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COPPER NETWORKS

The proper application of data cabling and wiring (also referred to as network cabling & wiring) is imperative for successful business, government and academic network infrastructure installations.

Businesses of all types have far fewer stand alone computers and the data cabling system is the network wiring necessary to interconnect them. However, different businesses have different data cabling needs.

Copper Data Cabling & Wiring Categories

Copper data cabling and wiring systems are divided into categories or classes by the cabling standards organizations and use bandwidth needs to determine the proper customer application of each category of cabling. Standard categories for data cabling and wiring are outlined in the following table:

Frequency Bandwidth	TIA (Components)	TIA (Cabling)	ISO (Components)	ISO (Cabling)
1 - 100 MHz	Category 5e	Category 5e	Category 5e	Class D
1 - 250 MHz	Category 6	Category 6	Category 6	Class E
1 - 500 MHz	Category 6A	Category 6A	Category 6A	Class EA
1 - 600 MHz	n/a	n/a	Category 7	Class F
1 - 1000 MHz	n/a	n/a	Category 7A	Class FA

Copper data cabling can be further divided into three sub-types, unshielded twisted pair (UTP), screened twisted pair (F/UTP) and shielded twisted paid (S/FTP). ROCPAC offers the most comprehensive suite of cabling systems for every application.