IEEE Seeks Consensus on Ethernet Transfer Speed Standard

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 20, 2012 @07:04AM from the setting-the-bar dept.

New submitter h2okies writes "CNET's News.com reports that the IEEE will start today to form the new standards for Ethernet and data transfer. 'The standard, to be produced by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, will likely reach data-transfer speeds between 400 gigabits per second and 1 terabit per second. For comparison, that latter speed would be enough to copy 20 full-length Blu-ray movies in a second.' The IEEE also reports on how the speed needs of the internet continue to double every year. Of what consequence will this new standard be if the last mile is still stuck on beep & creep?"

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Re:Consequence for the last mile? None for ages. by zbobet2012 · 2012-08-20 07:53 · Score: 3, Interesting

Agreed, the summary is really quite stupid. It does matter to the last mile since the last mile isn't currently the limiting factor in most downloads, but rather backhaul bandwidth is. Also it really matters for trans-continental lines, where upgrading the routers without having to upgrade the fiber can mean massive improvements without huge costs.