Q. Unshielded Twisted Pair - transmission media?
- A most common kind suitable for both voice and data transmission
- Categories are determined by chain quality
- Cat 3 commonly utilized for telephone systems (up to 10 Mbps - 10 Base T)
- Cat 5 usually utilized for data networks (up to 100 Mbps - 100 Base T)
- Performance is calculated by attenuation versus frequency and distance
- Advantage- flexible, cheaper, easy to install
- UTP connectors - RJ45