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by xenadu02 42 days ago
Yeah that's true, it doesn't require a physical implementation per-se.

It does specify cross-talk specs and frequency response. IIRC Cat-5E was 125, Cat-6 250, Cat-6A 500Mhz. But copper is copper and all else equal well-made copper of a given size is going to carry those frequencies regardless. Cat-5E can carry 500Mhz just fine. They don't mix some magic sauce into the molten copper before casting & drawing into wire that changes its frequency response. The real limiting factor (IMHO) and where the actual manufacturing really matters is cross-talk.