I think this is farfetched, although it could be based on some thruth:

The wires in a CAT-5 cable are twisted in pairs, and there is a reason for
this, as well as for the order the wires are put in the connector.

The transfer of information is done through a minimal but real electron
transfer that causes a magnetic field in the wire. The wires are twisted in
a way to minimize the interference this magnetic field can cause so that
less packets are lost.

Now... IF the wires are kinked in such a way that the magnetic field is no
longer minimized, there COULD (BUT I DOUBT IT) be some delay due to lost
data packets that have to be resent.

This is my explanation and I'm sticking to it :-)


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