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802.3bz
Kreken
This standard was ratified by IEEE a couple of days ago. It specifies the transmit speed of 2.5 and 5 Gbps with support for PoE. It means you will be able to get more use of your cat 5/6 cables without rewiring everything to fiber.
Links:
IEEE SA - 802.3bz-2016 - IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation
Ethernet Alliance Applauds Successful Completion of IEEE 802.3bz | Business Wire
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TechGromit
How long do you think it will take before we start to see products that support these new standards?
Kreken
Cisco has something similar called Multigigabit Ethernet and it looks to be proprietary.
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