Talk:RG-6

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Does the RG6 cable can be use as a backbone for internet and VOIP?

Personal experience - RG6 is able to handle frequencies that are capable of supporting the bandwidth necessary for those activities, however, due to the attenuation involved, it is used for short (< 200' or 60m) runs of cable from an existing cable plant comprised of hardline cable or fiber optic networks. You would not reliably be able to create even a city-wide network with RG6 alone, you need other types that can handle longer distances reliably. See Coaxial Cable for more information. --68.112.197.250 (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What Does RG stand for? Radio Guide?

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"RG-6 was originally a military spec where RG means Radio Guide" I thught it meant Radio GRADE ????? 80.229.222.48 20:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Radio Shack seems to agree that RG# stands for "Radio Guide #" - http://support.radioshack.com/support_tutorials/audio_video/cable-coax.htm --68.112.197.250 (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The authoritative source should probably be the original United States Military Standard that defined the term, MIL-STD-196. MIL-STD-196D (1985) p. 26 states that RG is one of several "indicator letters previously removed from Table III [and] not to be used for new type designation assignments" and further defines "RG - Cables, RF, bulk". It is a code rather than an acronym. Hyuri (talk) 05:01, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

RG11 is used in Ethernet —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.81.191 (talk) 09:36, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"RJ11" is a phone connector and RG11 is a thicker piece of coaxial cable than RG6 - you're thinking of RJ45 which is the typical CAT5/6 connector. --68.112.197.250 (talk) 21:41, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]