Premium Enhanced 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 |
Plenum-Rated Polymer |
| Overall Jacket |
Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
Low-Smoke, Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
| Star Filler |
Flame-Retardant Thermoplastic |
Plenum-Rated Polymer |
Premium 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) |
| 30183-8 |
4 |
.235 (5.96) |
28.0 (12.7) |
Premium 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) |
| 30212-8 |
4 |
.245 (6.22) |
27.6 (12.5) |
Premium 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
Premium 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 |
78.3 |
76.3 |
76.3 |
74.3 |
73.8 |
70.8 |
20.0 |
| 4 |
3.7 |
69.3 |
67.3 |
65.6 |
63.6 |
61.8 |
58.8 |
23.0 |
| 8 |
5.2 |
64.8 |
62.8 |
59.6 |
57.6 |
55.7 |
52.7 |
24.5 |
| 10 |
5.8 |
63.3 |
61.3 |
57.5 |
55.5 |
53.8 |
50.8 |
25.0 |
| 16 |
7.3 |
60.2 |
58.2 |
52.9 |
50.9 |
49.7 |
46.7 |
25.0 |
| 20 |
8.2 |
58.8 |
56.8 |
50.6 |
48.6 |
47.8 |
44.8 |
25.0 |
| 25 |
9.2 |
57.3 |
55.3 |
48.1 |
46.1 |
45.8 |
42.8 |
24.3 |
| 31.25 |
10.4 |
55.9 |
53.9 |
45.5 |
43.5 |
43.9 |
40.9 |
23.6 |
| 62.50 |
14.9 |
51.4 |
49.4 |
36.4 |
34.4 |
37.9 |
34.9 |
21.5 |
| 100 |
19.2 |
48.3 |
46.3 |
29.1 |
27.1 |
33.8 |
30.8 |
20.1 |
| 155 |
24.4 |
45.4 |
43.4 |
21.0 |
19.0 |
30.0 |
27.0 |
18.8 |
| 200 |
28.1 |
43.8 |
41.8 |
15.7 |
13.7 |
27.8 |
24.8 |
18.0 |
| 250 |
31.9 |
42.3 |
40.3 |
10.5 |
8.5 |
25.8 |
22.8 |
17.3 |
| 300* |
35.3 |
41.1 |
39.1 |
5.8 |
3.8 |
24.3 |
21.3 |
16.8 |
| 350* |
38.6 |
40.1 |
38.1 |
1.5 |
- |
22.9 |
19.9 |
16.3 |
| 400* |
41.7 |
39.3 |
37.3 |
- |
- |
21.8 |
18.8 |
15.9 |
| 500* |
47.5 |
37.8 |
35.8 |
- |
- |
19.8 |
16.8 |
15.2 |
| 555* |
50.5 |
37.1 |
35.1 |
- |
- |
18.9 |
15.9 |
14.9 |
| 660* |
55.9 |
36.0 |
34.0 |
- |
- |
17.4 |
14.4 |
14.4 |
*Frequencies beyond the TIA and ISO requirements are for information only.
Bulk Premium Enhanced 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: 25 ns/100 meters
Nominal Velocity of Propagation (NVP): riser, 68%; plenum, 70%
Bulk Plenum and Riser Cat6 Wire Cable