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Originally Posted by Frank777
I know almost nothing about ethernet. Is there any benefit to a home/small business user to getting the new 10 Gigabit Ethernet port?
Is it in use in any cable or home fiber modems?
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As chucker said, it’s good for if you have other non-internet traffic, such as a NAS, that is heavily accessed by users. At this point in time I’d like to see a 2.5GB port option, since you can keep using existing CAT5e/6 cables, so you don’t have to rewire a location, but there are only a few consumer 2.5GB routers, so I can see why they keep 1GB ports. 10GB may be more future proof, but outside of a medium to large business dealing with a lot of internal network data it’s not going to be relevant any time soon. Chances are that most home users will completely abandon Ethernet before 10GB becomes standard equipment.
Even our previous modem still shipped with a 100mb cable, which the provider mindlessly plugged in. Had to replace it with a cat5e to get the internet speed we were paying for.