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and 95% of the time wrong was right,(despite the delivery) and so it is in
this case. All USB cables were and are shielded. In some extreme cases like
pigtails(4in or less) for USB drives or MP3 players they were 'barely'
shielded and really cheap 6 ft's had scantily shielded cable, like those
that came with some handhelds and other peripherals. however it was never a
lack of shielding it was a quality issue.
The typical round USB1.1 cables were shielded, but I do
recall some OEMs just used the flat ribbon cables for
awhile, which were not.