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Originally Posted by tdelahanty
Bits is Bits just isn't true. The data stream transmitted over these cables is very high in the mega-hertz band which means it is a RF signal. Impedance, standing waves and reflections are critical at these frequencies.
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100% agree. Also, the "bit are bits" argument is functionally specious. Digital cables don't pass 0s and 1s; they pass analog square waves.
And passing a perfect square wave is very difficult and susceptible to all the noise factors you have mentioned.
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