Can be buried directly in the ground and Supports both Cat 6 and Cat 5e applications,Shielded connectors installed with boots and Shielded 24AWG Pure Oxygen-free Solid copper wires,Waterproof, anti-UV, anti-aging, anti-decomposition high performance outdoor Ethernet Cat5e cable, Grounded Wire reduce ESD eliminate interference signals when you buried this cable under the ground.Meets or exceeds Category 5e performance in compliance with the TIA/EIA 568B.2 standard. Backwards compatible with any existing Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet.