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10-Gigabit Ethernet Standard Approved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-pr0n dept.

A little birdie brings news that that 802.3ae standard for 10 Gigabit/second Ethernet has been approved. Everyone out there with Gigabit Ethernet - you are now officially obsolete. The new standard is fiber only, no more of that nasty copper stuff.

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  1. Re:What you can do with 10Gbps by Mr.+Sketch · · Score: 2, Troll

    Download a typical 100K pr0n JPG: 0.00001 s
    Download a 650Mb ISO: 0.52 s
    Download 2 650Mb ISO's: 1.04 s
    Download 100 650Mb ISO's: 52 s
    Download 1000 650Mb ISO's: 8.7 min
    You forgot one:

    Download Windows 2003: 1h 35m 12s

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