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A comment on 25 Gbit/s at home, part 1. Parent comment

Re:25 Gbit/s at home, part 1 by tgtweak on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:00PM (#37422980)
The price of 25GbaseT (rj45) is still very high. 10GbaseT (rj45) is coming down very nicely though and some motherboards, routers and high end access points have 10g ports onboard. I think it's actually cheaper to go 40gbps QSFP and run MPO cables (4 pairs internally) than it is to go 25g fiber. This is pretty much the case in datacenter right now for anything that doesn't need to go over 300M.
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Re:25 Gbit/s at home, part 1 by wmf on Thursday September 07, 2023 @02:24PM (#37423377)
I think it's actually cheaper to go 40gbps QSFP and run MPO cables (4 pairs internally) than it is to go 25g fiber.

It's not. 25G and 40G transceivers cost the same and MPO cables are more expensive.

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