Re: /. Terabit Ethernet is Dead, for Now

[jim deleskie <deleskie () gmail com>]

  That problem IMO will only be worse with a 4x speed multiplier over
100G what premium will anyone be willing to spend to have a single
400G pipe over 4 bonded 100G pipes?

-jim

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net> wrote:
> 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