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 <ja...@puck.nether.net> wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Darius Jahandarie <djahanda...@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
