On 12/20/12, Wayne E Bouchard <[email protected]> wrote: > Really, it will remain that way until the bandwidth needs from the > desktop begin to push the GE threshold. Until then, why bother > changing anything? When that does happen, it'll pretty well deal with > itself.
At which point the 8P8C connectors on desktops and laptops changes from RJ45 to SFP+ cage with LC connector, or direct-attach SFP+ between laptop and "active" fabric extender in the nearby wall jack; fed by fiber, with 10G-SR optical... Because the copper spec for >1gig was 10GBase-CX4; much heavier than Cat5. And there won't be much tolerance for the copper 15 meter distance limit in any case. > -Wayne -- -JH
