[156803] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: /. Terabit Ethernet is Dead, for Now
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Thu Sep 27 09:08:35 2012
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAFANWtX+svDY=cVZPieV3fbBiY6Qwu_H5AOd+STUUEMEKyY3AQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:07:59 -0400
To: Darius Jahandarie <djahandarie@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Darius Jahandarie <djahandarie@gmail.com> =
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?
I would say yes, except for the physics involved here. Getting the =
signal done optically is the "easy" part.
I'm not concerned if the next step after 100 is 400. It's in the right =
direction and a fair multiple. There is also a problem in the 100GbE =
space where the market pricing hasn't yet reached an amount whereby the =
economics are "close enough" to push people beyond N*10G.
- Jared=
