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Level 1: Basic telecommunications and power limited circuit cable.
Level 2: Cables specified to 1 MHz.
Category 3: Twisted pair cable and connecting hardware that can support frequency transmission up to 16 MHz and data rates of 10 Mbps.
Category 4: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 20 MHz and data rates of 16 Mbps.
Category 5, 5e: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 100 MHz and data rates of 100 Mbps.
Category 6: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 250 MHz.
Info from ICC. Diagram from Belden.
Level 2: Cables specified to 1 MHz.
Category 3: Twisted pair cable and connecting hardware that can support frequency transmission up to 16 MHz and data rates of 10 Mbps.
Category 4: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 20 MHz and data rates of 16 Mbps.
Category 5, 5e: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 100 MHz and data rates of 100 Mbps.
Category 6: Twisted pair cable and connectors specified up to 250 MHz.
Info from ICC. Diagram from Belden.
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