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Old Sep 6, 2012 | 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by ayodeji13
What do you mean by has less data capacity?
Through-put speed for retractable ribbon cable is less than real twisted pair cables or cables with a higher gauge.

My retractable USB - Micro USB cable is 1/3 to 1/4 the speed of the genuine Blackberry cable.

My retractable RJ45 takes four times as long to transfer the same amount of data as a twisted pair RJ45 patch cord.

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