Category 6 cable commonly referred to as Cat-6 is a cable standard for Gigabit Ethernet and other network protocols that are backward compatible with the Category 5/5e and Category 3 cable standards.   Compared with Cat-5 and Cat-5e Cat-6 features more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise. The cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz. UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) CAT 6 Moulded 24 AWG Bare copper cores 4P Patch Type CM (UL) CMH ISO/IEC 11801 & EN 50288 & TIA/EIA-563-B.2-1 ETL/3P VERIFIED