What are the characteristics of coaxial cable?

Coaxial cable (coax) has the following characteristics:

• Transmission rate of about 10 Mbps
• Maximum cable length of 185 meters for Thinnet, 500 meters for Thicknet
• Good resistance to electrical interference
• Less expensive than fiber-optics but more expensive than twisted pair.
• Flexible and easy to work with (Thinnet)
• Wire type is 20 AWG for Thinnet (R-58) and 12 AWG for Thicknet.
• Ethernet designation is 10base2 (Thinnet) or 10base5 (Thicknet, also referred to as 'standard Ethernet').