What's New: 10 Gigabit Ethernet Official

The IEEE has ratified a standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, ten times faster than today's networks and 100 times faster than the common 100Base-TX standard. 802.3an requires Category 6 cabling but will run on twisted-pair copper wire as opposed to fiber optic.

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 05:58 pm CDT

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