I'm a ICT engineering student studying networking. I was wondering if someone could tell me what type of a cable Cat7 is ?
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1ANSI never defined "cat 7", so the question is nonsense. Do you mean ISO Class F?– RickyOct 12, 2014 at 5:00
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Cat 7 is neither UTP or STP. It is typically either F/FTP or S/FTP.
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FTP is
foil-shielded twisted pair, where each pair is shielded separately from the other pairs to lower cross-talk. Adding to save someone else the google time...– cpt_finkOct 13, 2014 at 4:52 -
1@cpt_fink, actually FTP generally uses foil on the cable, not the pairs. By the "newer" ISO/IEC spec, which hasn't caught on in some places, this would more accurately be F/UTP. F/FTP specificies a foil shield on both the cable and on each pair. S/FTP would be a braided shield on the cable and foil on each pair.– YLearnOct 13, 2014 at 11:27