Butch Cassidy - now you've seen a 568A patch cord. Not Chinese crap. From Belden, a reputable manufacturer.

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Someone does or uses something different from what you're used to and its wrong? I think in my past 20+ years in doing this, I've replaced only a handful of patch cords, and most of those were ones under desks that people were rolling their chairs across,,, and those were not done on overtime or for free.