Cat5 may still be an option, but Cat6 is faster, safer, and more durable Cat5 cables were the best option for wired networking (also called Ethernet) for a long time. But since the release of Cat6, ...

Although a 1000BASE-TX standard was proposed in 2001 to replace ... of one’s mind by this point is where the twists in ‘Ethernet cables’ (twisted pair cabling) are relevant.