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Default New network cable appears slower than powerline adapters...

On Sun, 3 May 2020 21:53:20 +0100, alan_m
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Higher speed use more than one pair of wires in a cable so they have to
be matched in length - one pair cannot be significantly longer because
the number of twists are different for instance.


Wouldn't *every* (Cat5e Ethernet cable in this case) have different
lengths per per because each pair *is* twisted differently?

eg, Wouldn't the pair with the most twists be longer than one with
fewer?

Cheers, T i m