Eli5: how did swapping the orange and blue cables become the “normal” configuration for Ethernet while having them all in order (crossover) is only for specific uses?

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Eli5: how did swapping the orange and blue cables become the “normal” configuration for Ethernet while having them all in order (crossover) is only for specific uses?

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Answer 1

AT&T did it their way, and they put in more infrastructure, it was easier to match then to have it not work and do it over