Category 3 cable, commonly known as
Cat-3, is an unshielded
twisted pair cable designed to reliably carry data up to 10Mbps. It was a popular cabling format in the early 1990s, but has since been almost entirely replaced by the very similar Cat-5, which offers higher top speeds.
See the Cat-5 entry for details.
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