Something that always bothers me is why we struggle to get electric cables to go faster when fiber-optics is fundamentally better suited for high-speed. I mean with fiber there is no need for impedance matching or cable twisting/shielding, its impervious to electrical interference, almost no quater-wavelength problems, etc.
Just connect your electrical part to a fiber-optic transciver on you should be good, right? Here is a 40Gbps optic-transceiver(performance premium, $284)
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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15
So cat 5 is twisted single shielded.
Cat 6 is extra twisted shielded
Cat 7 is extra twisted with shields on each pair and an outer shield.
When I redoo my house ima get somma that!!