See twisted pair. Cat Type of Bandwidth Data # Cable (MHz) Rate 8 ScTP/STP 2000 MHz 40-100 Gbps 7a ScTP/STP 1000 MHz 10 Gbps 7 ScTP/STP 600 MHz 10 Gbps 6a UTP/ScTP/STP 500 MHz 10 Gbps 6 UTP/ScTP ...
Putting in 500 MHz-capable Cat-6A would give much more leeway (up to 400 MHz-requiring 10GBASE-T), with a healthy tolerance in the case of degraded cables. With the basics of spectral bandwidth ...