What is attenuation in cable?

Why signal strength is important

Tom Niswander
Infinity Cable Products
1 min readOct 8, 2019

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Attenuation in ethernet cables in a reduction in signal strength. Not a good thing when it happens in Ethernet cables. But it is something that occurs because of cables structures and knowing what type of cable to use in a certain situation can help. Did you know that solid cables do a better job of carrying a signal over longer distances than stranded cables? Here are some articles that go into more details regarding this:

https://infinity-cable-products.com/blogs/news/difference-between-solid-vs-stranded-copper-cables

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