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Old 19-04-2012, 23:00   #1608
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Re: Virgin Media to Double Broadband Speed

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Originally Posted by General Maximus View Post
I am sure cat5 is rated for 100mbit and cate for 1gbit.
I know you aren't supposed to rely on Wikipedia but:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable

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Category 5 cabling is most commonly used for faster Ethernet networks, such as 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1000BASE-T#1000BASE-T

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Each 1000BASE-T network segment can be a maximum length of 100 meters
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