Currently, CAT 8 represents the fastest Ethernet standard, but older versions like CAT 6, CAT 6A, and CAT 7 remain relevant since all of these cables are backward compatible. Today’s Ethernet ...

Although it probably feels like forever to many of us since Category 5 Ethernet ... 6+ wiring alien crosstalk (AXT) from neighboring cables becomes more crucial as well. Category 7, 7A and 8 ...

Though we’ve never used their cables ... the Ethernet cable specification is policed via the honor system, allowing manufacturers to be fairly brazen about what they label as Cat 6.