Although other technologies often take center stage in the Ethernet “ecosystem,” the cable types and connectors required to implement Ethernet’s increasing speeds are every bit as important-and often confusing. When viewed over the long term, those with deep pockets might consider an enterprise-wide investment in either singlemode or multimode fiber as the obvious choice. But fiber is not a panacea and as this article will illustrate many organizations, or at least large portions of them, can be served quite well by Category 6A twisted-pair copper cables.

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