Q1: How long of a cable can I use to connect my device? A1: In practice, the USB specification limits the length of a cable between full speed devices to 5 meters (a little under 16 feet 5 inches). For a low speed device the limit is 3 meters (9 feet 10 inches).
The injury to your credit score will lessen over time, but the item will stay on your credit report for seven years. Federal law requires negative items to drop off credit reports within that time. (The only exception is bankruptcy, which can stay on a report for 10 years.) Share this story.
Medical Collections After 7 Years. Medical collections are reported to credit bureaus most frequently by collections agencies. These data are reported as derogatory items, and must age off your file after seven years from the date the account was deemed delinquent. It is a common a legal practice for medical debt to be sold from one collection agency to another. Each subsequent collection agency can report the same debt to the bureaus. When this occurs the collections account should appear only once, and the schedule for when the account falls off your credit report should remain the same. However, the handoff between the collection agencies is not always perfect.