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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Ethernet is Still Going Strong After 50 Years::The technology has become the standard LAN worldwide

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It works and supports bandwidth well beyond what the vast majority of usecases could ever saturate -- and we get new iterations all the time which increase that ceiling. RJ45 connectors and their respective ports are everywhere. Sure, we have "better" types of cables and connectors for networking, but they're almost always a staggering amount of overkill for the application and are not as common.

[–] BetaDoggo_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And don't make a satisfying click

[–] Kazumara@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

LC connectors on fiber make a nice click too, that's the type of ethernet cabling I work with at my dayjob.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When did RJ45 last got a relevant update? 1 Gb/s is more than 2 decades old. It is still way more than enough for almost everyone. And it does not need a lot of power to operate.

[–] WanderingCat@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well you can run 10 Gb/s over RJ45 these days too

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

How much power does that need to run? What does it cost? How many people could actually use that bandwidth? How does it generally compare to fiber optic?

[–] stolid_agnostic@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

They are coming out with new cabling standards to allow multi gbps over extended distances. There is still a lot of room for growth. You are right that nothing more is needed for the average use case though.