Are you sure about those patents? Those would be expiring in a few short years anyway, 10 GbE is more than 20 years old and 10GBASE-T will be soon, too. Though

Are you sure about those patents? Those would be expiring in a few short years anyway, 10 GbE is more than 20 years old and 10GBASE-T will be soon, too. Though 10GBASE-T just doesn't feel like a super-sensible PHY to me.