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With increasing requirements for transfers of large volumes of data, a number of businesses are shifting to the category 6 cable which incidentally is the sixth generation cabling standard for Gigabit Ethernet. It retains compatibility with the earlier standards like Cat 3 and Cat 5/5e. This standard is defined by EIA/TIA – Electronic Industries Association and Telecommunications Industry Association. It provides more stringent specifications for system noise and crosstalk. Cat 6 cable can handle frequencies of up to 250 MHz. It is suited for 10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX and even 1000BASE-T (i.e Gigabit Ethernet). The Cat 6 cables mainly have two variants. They either have a stranded or a solid core. Stranded cables are flexible and suitable for short distances For example for temporary or movable cabling. Solid cables can work with longer distances. For example for fixed wiring configurations like office buildings.