unshielded twisted pair


unshielded twisted pair

(hardware)(UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It maybe used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using aversion of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper thanstandard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. It comes in five"catagories":

cat. wires transmission1 two voice no data (telephone cable)2 four data up to 4 Mbps3 four data up to 10 Mbps4 four data up to 16 Mbps5 four data up to 100 Mbps