Speed Matters: How Ethernet Went From 3 Mbps to 100 Gbps… and Beyond

Research Reports

The analysis of some technical research reports are discussed below.

  • SAN JOSE, Calif. — For making possible the global phone network — and with it 976 numbers, home-delivered Chinese food and “Larry King Live” — the world owes copper wire a debt of gratitude. Copper wire, though inexpensive and ubiquitous, has had a klutzy reputation as a relatively crude transmission medium. It was expected to give way to snazzy, speedy and expensive fiber optics for the next communications revolution — that of high-speed data exchanges between computers.
  • “Use of copper in last mile communication cannot be completely removed in telecommunication but as technologies such as GEPON, FTTH gain popularity fiber would gain far bigger share as preferred medium in last mile connectivity,” concluded Tamhane.
  • Mylaraiah JN, country technical manager at Tyco Electronics once said about the price of copper and fiber cables that: