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Re: /. Terabit Ethernet is Dead, for Now


From: George Herbert <george.herbert () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:42:15 -0700

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org> wrote:
In a message written on Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 08:58:09AM -0400, Darius Jahandarie wrote:
I recall 40Gbit/s Ethernet being promoted heavily for similar reasons
as the ones in this article, but then 100Gbit/s being the technology
that actually ended up in most places. Could this be the same thing
happening?

Everything I've read sounds like a repeat of the same broken decision
making that happened last time.

That is unsurprising though, the same people are involved.


If the vendors are saying costs will be prohibitive, are you willing
to pay significantly more for the interfaces to make them do it
anyways?


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-george william herbert
george.herbert () gmail com


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