Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    When did RJ45 last got a relevant update? 1 Gb/s is more than 2 decades old. It is still way more than enough for almost everyone. And it does not need a lot of power to operate.

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        7 months ago

        How much power does that need to run? What does it cost? How many people could actually use that bandwidth? How does it generally compare to fiber optic?

    • stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      They are coming out with new cabling standards to allow multi gbps over extended distances. There is still a lot of room for growth. You are right that nothing more is needed for the average use case though.