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Re:Reliable 25 Gigabit Ethernet via Thunderbolt by Dylan16807 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @08:33PM (#46851349)
But why is the gear progressing so very slowly? Why a 25 year gap between reasonable power 1Gbps and 10Gbps?

And while not every cat6 will do 10, it would still be worth a shot, and devices aren't using 5 instead they're using even less.

Not to mention that cat8 will happily do 40Gbps as long as you can get from your switch to your end devices in 30 meters.

Re:Reliable 25 Gigabit Ethernet via Thunderbolt by opan on Sunday February 01, 2026 @09:26PM (#46851714)
Perhaps because internet speeds have been under 1gbps most places until recently and the average person doesn't care about file transfers over LAN.