Considering how long it usually takes the IEEE to ratify critical networking standards, its rapid standardization of the NBASE-T Alliance’s development of 2.5 and 5 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat 5e and 6 copper cabling was surprising.
In just under two years since the NBASE-T Alliance formed, the IEEE approved the alliance’s recommendations and published the 802.3bz standard. Considering all the effort to accelerate industry standards for multi-gigabit Ethernet over copper cables, the demand for such a technology must be sky-high, right?
