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I assume the reason DOCSIS 3.1 modems have 2x network ports is because the 3.1 spec supports 2.5Gbps and most home devices don't support over 1,000mps. Even with both connections saturated, it would still be ~500Mbps short of the DOCSIS 3.1 maximum speed.
I wasn't sure of the status of 10GBASE-T, so I looked up the Wikipedia page for 10 Gigabit Ethernet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet
This line from the first section is confusing:
However, because of its bandwidth requirements, higher-grade copper cables are required: category 6a or Class F/Category 7 cables for links up to 100m.
That sounds wrong. These cables can already do 1,000mbps.
The 10GBASE-T section seems to clarify what I was looking for, but it contradicts that line from the first section.
I'd edit the wiki page, but I don't want to pretend that I know anything about 10GbE.
So will there eventually be 10GbE from from home networking equipment using standard 8P8C connectors, jacks, and UTP/STP cabling?
I wasn't sure of the status of 10GBASE-T, so I looked up the Wikipedia page for 10 Gigabit Ethernet:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet
This line from the first section is confusing:
However, because of its bandwidth requirements, higher-grade copper cables are required: category 6a or Class F/Category 7 cables for links up to 100m.
That sounds wrong. These cables can already do 1,000mbps.
The 10GBASE-T section seems to clarify what I was looking for, but it contradicts that line from the first section.
I'd edit the wiki page, but I don't want to pretend that I know anything about 10GbE.
So will there eventually be 10GbE from from home networking equipment using standard 8P8C connectors, jacks, and UTP/STP cabling?
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