re: Did some Ethernet wiring...

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I don't think cat7 or cat8 are officially recognized standards. I may be wrong, but I think that means these companies can get away with using these terms for marketing without the cables actually being made to some higher specs or standards.

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that and the general way they eliiminate crosstalk is having more twists per foot of cable which leads to a thicker cable.


you could run 12 Cat5e in a 1" hole in the top plate vs 4 Cat6a also