The next Ethernet speed will be 100Gbps, the IEEE voted recently. Now the standards body just has to go build something never done before. The IEEE’s High Speed Study Group (HSSG), tasked with exploring what Ethernet’s next speed might be, voted to pursue 100G Ethernet over other considerations, such as 40Gbps Ethernet. The IEEE will work to standardize 100G Ethernet over distances as far as 6 miles over single-mode fiber optic cabling and 328 feet over multimode fiber.

Source [Network World]