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In the 'cable standard' section

In the cable standard section it says "and test requirements for frequencies up to 100 Mbps". The unit for frequency is Hertz (i.e. MHz). Does anyone have a problem if this is changed? 217.67.52.83 (talk) 21:41, 16 November 2018 (UTC)

Nomenclature

The article covers category 5 and category 5e. I'm going to propose, for readability, that we refer to the subject as "category 5" for information that refers to both and use "category 5e" only where we're talking about the specific improvements associated with that label. I believe this correlates well with the vernacular use of the terms. ~Kvng (talk) 14:43, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

All of the "5e" mentions are in instances where they're required. Maybe this has been fixed recently. Maybe the proposal was never necessary. ~Kvng (talk) 16:00, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Unexplained: "UTP"

The term "UTP" isn't explained or linked to.

--Mortense (talk) 23:07, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Unshielded twisted pair. Constant314 (talk) 09:51, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

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