Cat 8 cable or category 8 ethernet cable are high performing cables that can carry high bandwidths and support very fast data transmission rates of up to 40 Gbps for distances of up to 30 m or 25 & 10 Gbps for shorter distances. Cat 8 cables have STP shielding with a high resistance to signal degradation even in environments with a lot of electronic interference. Applications for Cat 8 cables are those that require high speed connections such as server rooms, data centres, professional networking environments as well as more specialized applications such as high-performance gaming, 4k/8k video streaming and other bandwidth intensive tasks.