Although swapping a Cat-5e patch cable with a Cat-7 one between a network port and computer is ... Category 7, 7A and 8 cables use even stricter noise shielding than Cat-6A in order to bump ...

Ethernet wiring today starts at Cat5e. Cat8 is for short distances in datacenters. See twisted pair. Cat Type of Bandwidth Data # Cable (MHz) Rate 8 ScTP/STP 2000 MHz 40-100 Gbps 7a ScTP/STP 1000 ...