The Importance Of Using Wireless Headsets Written by Ben Shar There are many people who drive to work or drive to school everyday that use a cell phone while they drive. Like anything else that you might do while driving, these things can take away from your concentration levels and cause yourself or another vehicle to get into an accident. Lives, not just your own but others too, rely on you driving well. Distractions like headsets can cause many problems. But, wireless headsets can help to eliminate this problem. There are many concerns for drivers as it is. Having your hands free by using a wireless headset can be one thing that you do to keep yourself and your passengers safe. Wireless headsets are available to be purchased everywhere, for every type of cell phone. They are relatively inexpensive and will not hinder you in any way from talking to people while you are driving. So, why don’t more people use them then? For many people, they are simply an inconvenience. They are something new and something unexplored to them. What Is Cat 5 Cable? Written by Dave Moore Defining what is Cat 5 wiring is a difficult task for your average person. Although many people have heard about Cat 5 wiring, most of them have no idea exactly what it is. Cat 5 stands for Category 5 wiring, which is currently top of line. It was created to surpass Cat 3 wiring which could only handle 10 Mbps. The Cat 5 wiring also supports sound frequencies up to 100 MHz. Category 5 cables can handle up to 100 Mbps, almost 10 times that of regular Cat 3 cables. The cabling has 4 twisted sets of copper wires which connect to RJ45 connectors. The reason that many people ask what is cat 5 wiring is because they've heard of Cat 5 patch. The Cat 5 wiring patch is a method used to greatly increase capabilities of Cat 5 wiring. When you have patched a Cat 5 cable, making it effectively more twisted you can achieve almost 10 times power, a whooping 1000Mbps. This allows for a much greater information transfer rate which is how technologies like high speed internet were formed. Cont'd on page 2 ==>   ImproveHomeLife.com © 2005 Terms of Use