What Is Thicknet?

thicknet is a type of network cable. it looks like the cable in your cable television or satellite system cabling. see image to see how it looks like the picture is of a thicknet cable

Thicknet is often used as a backbone in a local area network environment. it transmits data at speeds of 10Mbps, covers distances of up to 1640 feet or 500 meters and accommodates up to 100 nodes per segment. but because of its rigidity, its very difficult to work with.