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janipewter · 16-07-2007, 15:54

The different between UTP and STP is that STP is electromagnetically shielded (there's a metal shielding around each pair of copper wires). If you're not laying the cabling anywhere where there is a high amount of electromagnetic interference then don't bother with it, since it is quite a lot more expensive than UTP.

16-07-2007, 15:54	#7
janipewter Inactive Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plymouth Age: 36 Services: Sky HD Multiroom, VM XL Phone, VM XXL BB Posts: 654	Re: cat5 cat5e cat6 cat6e cat7!! What on earth! what do i use! The different between UTP and STP is that STP is electromagnetically shielded (there's a metal shielding around each pair of copper wires). If you're not laying the cabling anywhere where there is a high amount of electromagnetic interference then don't bother with it, since it is quite a lot more expensive than UTP.