10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by denkmoon on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @09:23PM (#48564597)

Yes, but 10G really is the limit. I'll eat my boiled boots if 25GbE copper becomes anything you could remotely consider "common".

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by rayiner on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @10:03PM (#48564876)

We are pushing multiple gigabits over 100 year old phone lines so never say never.

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by denkmoon on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @01:19AM (#48566036)

Not never, just not common. Why would you even want it when fibre already does better, cheaper?

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by glitchc on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @11:30PM (#48565363)

640KB still enough for everyone?

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by tempest_ on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @09:52PM (#48564771)

I mean.. cat8 already exists but it will never be common because most people who dont make home networking a hobby just use wifi.

Hell many many people now a days own only a tablet and phone and no desktop/laptop at all.

Someone else in this thread mentioned motherboards with SFP ports on them and I cant believe that will ever be common because people can barely handle the many flavours of cables using USB C, how are they going to manage the mishmash of transceivers that only like specific brands and the DAC cables that may or may not work depending on how they feel that day.

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by denkmoon on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @01:20AM (#48566042)

Server boards typically use SFP, and for typical consumers you’re 100% correct that wifi is all that matters.

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by tempest_ on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @11:48AM (#48572142)

For sure, I was thinking consumer desktop motherboards.

Even server boards often have their SFP in daughter boards specific to the chassis.

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Re:10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module by subscribed on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @04:38PM (#48576529)

25G is definitely a thing over copper, just not over Ethernet :)

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