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Article: Gigabit Ethernet hits the WAN. (Technology Information)
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- Network World
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- July 20, 1998
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Spokane, Wash.
The benefits of Gigabit Ethernet in the LAN are well documented: high-performance, congestion-free connections for enterprise backbones and server farms - all with the familiarity of good old Ethernet.
But Gigabit Ethernet in wide- or metropolitan-area networks? Unheard of, you say. Everyone knows Ethernet isn't a WAN technology.
Don't tell that to the 13 Washington state educational institutions that this week will announce plans to build a wide-area Gigabit Ethernet network supporting voice data and video traffic. The network will use dark fiber provided by a local electrical utility and network gear from Packet Engines, Inc. (see ...