CAT6A STP shielded network cables
 
 
A Cat6a cabling system is higher performance than Cat6 (500MHz v 250MHz) and designed to support 10GBase-T over the full 100 metre, 4 connector channel. It is backwards compatible with Cat6 and Cat5e.
10GBASE-T Ethernet
1000BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
1000BASE-T  Gigabit Ethernet
100BASE-TX  Fast Ethernet
10BASE-T Ethernet
155/622 Mbps ATM
4/16 Mbps Token Ring
100VG-AnyLAN
100Mbps TP-PMD
Molded with boots
Category 6A cable, in accordance to the TIA/EIA 568-C.2 standard, is tested from 1 to 500MHz. This wide range of frequency is required to handle the frequencies at with 10GBase-T (10 gigabit Ethernet) operates. As a result of the higher frequencies utilized by 10GBase-T, alien crosstalk performance parameters are incorporated into the TIA/EIA standard for Category 6A cable and connectivity. Alien crosstalk occurs when signal from a cable jumps to an adjacent cable. Alien crosstalk, like crosstalk that occurs between the pairs within a cable, will have a detrimental impact on cable’s ability to send and receive data packets. Category 6A is the first cable category standard to include alien crosstalk performance parameters.  Shielded cables eliminate the crosstalk!