USB 3.0/3.1/3.2 Gen 1 aka the kind that can do 5 gbps can only use cables up to 3m in length. Meanwhile Ethernet uses a similar twisted pair copper cable, but can do 10 gbps over 100m.
What gives, why is USB so limited in terms of cable length?
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Because what they are used for is different.
Ethernet is meant for communication that may or may not be occurring.
The computer may not be on. The internet may not be sending data.
Also most internet/ Ethernet communication isn’t done in a serial manner. Is it doesn’t wait for computer A to talk then move to computer B etc
Universal
Serial
Bus
This is an internal communication channel in the computer that gives each device a slot of time and then moves to the next. Longer cables mean longer time for comm to device and back from.
Cables get too long and the communication comes back and the computer is already listening to the next device on the bus.
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