Maximum Distance of Twisted Pair Copper Cabling
Based on ANSI/TIA 568 (C.0, C.2, C.3)
| Application | Media | Distance meters (feet) | Notes |
| Ethernet 10Base-T | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| Ethernet 100Base-T | Category 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| Ethernet 1000Base-T | Category 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| Ethernet 10GBase-T | Category 6 | 100 (328) | |
| ADSL | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 5,000 (16,404) | 1.5 Mbps to 9 Mbps |
| VDSL | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 5,000 (16,404) | 1,500m (4,900 feet) for 12.9 Mbps 300m (1,000 feet) for 52.8 Mbps |
| Analog Phone | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 800 (2,625) | |
| Fax | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 5,000 (16,404) | |
| ATM 25.6 | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| ATM 51.84 | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| ATM 155.52 | Category 5e, 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| ATM 1.2G | Category 6, 6A | 100 (328) | |
| ISDN BRI | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 5,000 (16,404) | |
| ISDN PRI | Category 3, 5e, 6, 6A | 5,000 (16,404) |