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| | UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR TRANSMISSION MEDIA (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | UTP is the copper media, inherited from telephony, which is being used for increasingly higher data rates, and is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for horizontal wiring. |
 | | A Twisted Pair is a pair of copper wires, with diameters of 0.4-0.8 mm, twisted together and wrapped with a plastic coating. |
 | | UTP is a very flexible, low cost media, and can be used for either voice or data communications. |
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