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Hi every one.
I just upgrade from DSL 1.5 MB line to a 9MB line from Cox. and I wanted to know what
the diffrence is between cat5 and cat6. I hear that cat6 is better then cat5.
If any of you know or used cat6 please tell if its worth getting cat6.
Thanks.



Specs
Thermaltake Tsunami Black/side window
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
GagaByte GA-K8NS Nforce 3
1GIG PC 3200 corsair
Geforce 6800 GT AGP
HDD 1 WDC 80 GIG serial ATA
HDD 2 WDC 80 GIG PATA
Sound Blaster Audgy 2 ZS
NEC DVD/RW
Aopen DVD/CDRW
RossWill RP550 chrome Black blue LED
one Blue cathode light

Category 5E runs at 100 mhz, Category 6 runs at 250 mhz the higher the mhz the more throughput you will get.

Cat6 has better shielding and will reduce the Ambient Noise or Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) than cat5

Cat6 has less Impedance (resistance) then cat5 therefore it can have a longer run.
Cat5 maxis out at about 100 feet, cat6 maxis out at about 1000 feet

Thank you Gecko.

This means that my downloads and uploads will be consistent.Right

Just to make things clear the cat 6 is a waste of money. You won't see any improvement over the cat 5.