Reply With QuoteOn the downside, that's a lot of work(I hate work), but on the upside, that's a lot of money(I like money). I'm kinda excited for this, everything's evolving exponentially.
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All involved in Data Centers, etc.
Cat 5e will be replaced by Cat 6 in most network specs by 07. Companies such as Progressive, the Mayo Clinic, and the Eaton corporation have already made the switch. Some NY and West Coast companies are already buying 10gB cabling to handle the demands of the new VoIP/Data networks.
look at
www.siemon.com and www.belden.com if you want to see the new specs.
Here's the bitch, 10gB cable is thicker than Cat 5E and will require rewiring for both plenum and riser cable.
Just though I'd pass that on since I was broadsided by it today in a meeting.
Neomegaman
On the downside, that's a lot of work(I hate work), but on the upside, that's a lot of money(I like money). I'm kinda excited for this, everything's evolving exponentially.
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Truth is companies like Microsoft are pushing the copper as we speak. I would not be surprised to see a data network that requires fiber to come out by 2008.Originally Posted by andyrose
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By the way, are you in installation or distribution? It would seem that way.
13th Monkey
We are on 2gb copper and Fibre for servers.
AS cat6 is more widely adopted you will start seeing cat 5 phased out, but that can be years down the line. Hell some places are still using token ring coax, and thats been outdated for a long time.
As for workstations and client side I dont really see mass replacement anytime in the near future for cat 5 due to cost, but do see an increase in cat 6 for new implementations
Neomegaman
I own a computer sales and service company in southern Arkansas. I have a friendly company I deal with that does all of our bigtime wiring and cabling jobs, but we've been known to do it ourselves every now and then. Mostly I just deal with PC repair, sales, and website design though, but do a good deal of networking as well.
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