Is there a difference between a cat6a keystone rated for 10gbit and cat7 keystone rated 10gbit?

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efrum

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Is there a difference between a cat6a keystone rated for 10gbit and cat7 keystone rated 10gbit. the only difference i can find is that cat7 keystones are shielded.

Im doing this for a customer who has all of the hardware for 10gbit but i've never used cat7 and theres not a lot of info on the web.
 
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That is the main difference the cat7 ones have shielding. Generally cat6a is good enough for the vast majority of installation. When you are in a environment with a great deal of interference you can use cat7 cable. I have never seen a need if we even think there is any issue of interference we use fiber instead. This is tough to say, I suspect it may be like shielded cat5e cable where it is extremely rare to need the cable.
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That is the main difference the cat7 ones have shielding. Generally cat6a is good enough for the vast majority of installation. When you are in a environment with a great deal of interference you can use cat7 cable. I have never seen a need if we even think there is any issue of interference we use fiber instead. This is tough to say, I suspect it may be like shielded cat5e cable where it is extremely rare to need the cable.
 
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