> It's kind of ridiculous that things are still stuck on gigabit. I’ve been under the impression that there are patents (expiring soon) keeping the cost of 10G

> It's kind of ridiculous that things are still stuck on gigabit. I’ve been under the impression that there are patents (expiring soon) keeping the cost of 10G hardware high enough to prevent it from becoming the default choice. I don’t have a concrete source for that info though.