I need to choose Ethernet cables for my home installation. I can buy U/FTP cat.6A or S/FTP cat.7A at the same price. As I know, category 7A provides more bandwidth, but in order to use the highest available bandwidth I need 7/7A connectors (e.g. GG45, not RJ45), which are not very popular.
I found that cat.7/7A cables are backwards compatible with categories 5/5E and 6. But I can't figure out if the 7/7A cables are backwards compatible with category 6A cables. Can one say that a link with cat.7A cable and cat.6A connectors is not worse in case of bandwidth than a link with cat.6A cables and connectors? Are there any disadvantages of using 7/7A compared to 6A? Is it possible that any 6A connector or device is or will not be compatible with category 7A cable?
