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j16sdiztoday at 11:16 AM2 repliesview on HN

It won't tell you the _quality_

It just tell you want the e-marker said.


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rupxtoday at 3:03 PM

Yep, the e-marker can effectively report whatever.

You'd need proper hardware capable of testing bandwidth, power, noise, etc, which is prohibitively expensive.

zimpenfishtoday at 1:46 PM

> It just tell you want the e-marker said.

Which isn't helpful if the cable has no e-marker.