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I have a 6 foot USB cable. If I switch to a 3 foot cable, will the data transfer faster?

April 26, 2017cable Computers Data foot Switch transfer USB

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I have a 6 foot USB cable. If I switch to a 3 foot cable, will the data transfer faster?

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All other things being equal, data will transfer about 3 nanoseconds faster on a 3′ cable than a 6′ cable (speed of light = approx. 1 ft/nanosecond). I can’t imagine you’d notice the difference. As noted by others, the main thing that longer cables introduce is more ‘noise’, but the difference between a 3′ cable and a 6′ cable in negligible.