Plus Category 6 Wire Cable Features
- 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reels
- 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reelex® (featuring Reverse Sequential Numbering)
- 1,000 ft (305 meters) Reel-in-a-box
- CMP-50 Rated Cables Available
- Available in a 4-pair Construction
| Dielectric Materials |
Riser |
Plenum |
| Primary Insulation |
Polyolefin High Performance |
FEP |
| Overall Jacket |
Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
Low-Smoke, Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
| Star Filler |
Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
Plenum-Rated Polymer |
Plus Enhanced Category 6 Plenum Wire Cable Description
(c(UL)us Listed Type CMP, CSA Type FT6)
| Part No. |
Pairs |
Cable OD
in (mm) |
Weight
lbs/1000ft (kg/305m) |
| 30025-8 |
4 |
.215 (5.46) |
28.0 (12.7) |
Plus Enhanced Category 6 Riser Wire Cable Description
(c(UL)us Listed Type CMR, CSA Type FT4)
| Part No. |
Pairs |
Cable OD
in (mm) |
Weight
lbs/1000ft (kg/305m) |
| 30024-8 |
4 |
.230 (5.84) |
23.0 (10.5) |
Plus Enhanced Category 6 Wire Cable Applications
- Voice
- T1 Fractional
- IBM Type 3 – 1 Mbps
- 4/16 Mbps Token Ring
- 10BASE-T Ethernet
- 100BASE-T4 Fast Ethernet
- 25.6 Mbps ATM
- 100 VG – Any LAN
- All other applications developed for operation over Category 3 or class C cabling
- 100 Mbps TP-PMD
- 155 Mbps ATM
- 270 Mbps Digital Video
- Broadband Video
- 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet
- 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
- All other applications developed for operation over Category 5e or class D cabling
- 1000 Mbps ATM (CBIG)
- TIA/EIA-854 Gigabit Ethernet over Category 6 cabling
- 10GBASE-T
- All other applications developed for operation over Category 6 or class E cabling
Plus Enhanced Category 6 Wire Cable Transmissions Specifications
Frequency (MHz) |
Ins. Loss (dB/100 m) |
NEXT
loss (dB) |
PSNEXT
loss (dB) |
ACR
(dB) |
PSACR
(dB) |
ELFEXT
(dB) |
PSELFEXT
(dB) |
Return Loss
(dB) |
| 1 |
2.0 |
75.3 |
73.3 |
73.3 |
71.3 |
70.8 |
67.8 |
20.0 |
| 4 |
3.8 |
66.3 |
64.3 |
62.5 |
60.5 |
58.8 |
55.8 |
23.0 |
| 8 |
5.3 |
61.8 |
59.8 |
56.5 |
54.5 |
52.7 |
49.7 |
24.5 |
| 10 |
6.0 |
60.3 |
58.3 |
54.3 |
52.3 |
50.8 |
47.8 |
25.0 |
| 16 |
7.6 |
57.2 |
55.2 |
49.6 |
47.6 |
46.7 |
43.7 |
25.0 |
| 31.25 |
10.7 |
52.9 |
50.9 |
42.2 |
40.2 |
40.9 |
37.9 |
23.6 |
| 62.5 |
15.4 |
48.4 |
46.4 |
33.0 |
31.0 |
34.9 |
31.9 |
21.5 |
| 100 |
19.8 |
45.3 |
43.3 |
25.5 |
23.5 |
30.8 |
27.8 |
20.1 |
| 200 |
29.0 |
40.8 |
38.8 |
11.8 |
9.8 |
24.8 |
21.8 |
18.0 |
| 250 |
32.8 |
39.3 |
37.3 |
6.5 |
4.5 |
22.8 |
19.8 |
17.3 |
| 300* |
36.4 |
38.1 |
36.1 |
1.7 |
- |
21.3 |
18.3 |
16.8 |
| 350* |
39.8 |
37.1 |
35.1 |
- |
- |
19.9 |
16.9 |
16.3 |
| 555* |
52.0 |
34.1 |
32.1 |
- |
- |
15.9 |
12.9 |
14.9 |
*Frequencies beyond the TIA and ISO requirements are for information only.
Bulk Plus Category 6 Wire Cable Electrical Characteristics
Input Impedance: 100 ± 15Ω (.772 to 250 MHz)
Maximum Conductor Resistance: 9.38 Ω/100 meters @ 20°C
Maximum Resistance Unbalance: 5%
Maximum Capacitance Unbalance: 330 pF/100 meters
Maximum Delay Skew: 45 ns/100 meters
Nominal Velocity of Propagation (NVP): riser, 68%; plenum, 70%