Editing Category 5 cable (section)

== Variants and comparisons ==
[[File:Cat 5e cable - 1.jpg|thumb|Cross section of a cat 5e cable]]
The Category&nbsp;5e specification improves upon the Category&nbsp;5 specification by further mitigating [[crosstalk]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scatmag.com/technical/techarticle_dec02.pdf |title=Understanding Cat - 5 Cables |publisher=Satelliete & Cable TV |access-date=2013-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515094403/https://www.scatmag.com/technical/techarticle_dec02.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-15}}</ref> The [[Bandwidth (signal processing)|bandwidth]] (100&nbsp;MHz) and physical construction are the same between the two,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tecdatawire.com/catspec.html |title=Cat5 Spec, cat6 specs, cat7 spec - Definitions, Comparison, Specifications |publisher=TEC Datawire |access-date=2013-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719071249/http://www.tecdatawire.com/catspec.html |archive-date=2013-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and most Cat 5 cables actually happen to meet Cat 5e specifications even though they are not certified as such.<ref>{{Cite web|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200213071507/http://discountcablesusa.com/ethernet-cables100.html|url=http://discountcablesusa.com/ethernet-cables100.html|title=Comparison between CAT&nbsp;5, CAT&nbsp;5e, CAT&nbsp;6, CAT&nbsp;7 Cables |archive-date=2020-02-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> Category&nbsp;5 was deprecated in 2001 and superseded by the Category&nbsp;5e specification.<ref name="Axis">{{cite web |url=http://www.axisnetworkcabling.com/voice-data-cabling-installers-company.html |title=Voice and Data Cabling & Wiring Installations |access-date=2013-05-12}}</ref>

The [[Category 6 cable|Category&nbsp;6]] specification improves upon the Category&nbsp;5e specification by extending frequency response and further reducing crosstalk. The improved performance of Cat&nbsp;6 provides 250&nbsp;MHz bandwidth.<ref name="Axis"/> Category&nbsp;6A cable provides 500&nbsp;MHz bandwidth. Both variants are [[backward compatible]] with Category&nbsp;5 and 5e cables.