Ever since 10MbE, it's been the norm for every new generation to go 10x. 100MbE ("Fast Ethernet") was released in 1995. Gigabit was standardized only 3 years la

Ever since 10MbE, it's been the norm for every new generation to go 10x. 100MbE ("Fast Ethernet") was released in 1995. Gigabit was standardized only 3 years later. Gigabit really started to come to consumer tech in the 2000s. You still find 100MbE on cheaper hardware. But here we are in 2022 and 10GbE is nowhere near standard and may well never be. It makes me think 10x'ing here was a mistake. We have 2.5GbE and 5GbE standards now but we should've probably had those earlier. Copper over 10GbE in particular runs really hot. Often adapters will just be massive heatsinks and/or fans. It's interesting reading here that a lot of 25GbE connectors (50-60% was one figure quoted) failed to negotiate 10GbE. I can't say I expected that. That seems like a problem. It's kind of wild you can get a 10GbE switch for under $200 as you'll often see 10GbE gear run at $100-200+/port.