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Old 17-01-2012, 16:40   #1023
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed

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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
No idea what shipped with the superhub but previous to that all their modems were only specified upto 100Mb (and even lower in most cases) so cat5 was perfectly adequate.. In fact cat5 in 1-2m patch length will probably do perfectly well at gigabit
Indeed (this is from 2000)

http://www.networkworld.com/news/tec.../1016tech.html

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In most cases in which Fast Ethernet is run in an enterprise on copper, the existing Category 5 cable can also provide reliable support for Gigabit Ethernet
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