On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:58:35PM +0200, Niels Bakker wrote: > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard A Steenbergen) [Wed 21 May 2008, 22:54 CEST]: > >Of course it would be remarkably easy for Ethernet to be extended to > >support higher data speeds without any real change in the structure or > >encoding, just like FC has managed to go from 1G to 2G to 4G with the same > >backwards compatible ports. Unfortunately the IEEE has its collective head > >so far up its collective ass that nothing this useful will ever be > >standardized, but there are actuall some folks (like Broadcom) making > >non-standard "2.5 Gigabit Ethernet" products for certain applications. :) > > Yes, because what the world needs is more standards to choose from > when it comes to interconnection.
I'll take a new standard if it means $5k for an Ethernet port vs. $50k for POS. _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
