Upgrading to Cat-6, or to give it its full name, Category-6 cable, is generally done in computer networking when all of the components used are rated at higher speeds and will therefore require the increased bandwidth that this particular cabling can provide...

Category 6 Cable, or as it is sometimes referred to, CAT-6, is a certain cable that is standard for Gigabit Ethernet and some other network protocols that prove to be backward compatible with this cable and category 3 cables...