Re: Nomenclature update
I agree with Seto. 10k is convoluted.
Best Regards,
Rich
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"Seto, Koichiro" wrote:
>
> [Date: 05/30/2000 From Seto]
>
> Brad,
>
> It is just my personal opinion. I'm not sure how this has been defined in
> IEEE802, but I feel that in 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX and so on, the letter
> 'M' describing 'Megabit per second' is somewhat hidden. It is not that it
> was non-existent. According to this theory, the 10Gi Ethernet can be
> called '10GBASE-xxx' rather than '10kBASE-xxx'.
> I think it is much easier for users/market to understand. People usually
> do not say '10kilo Megabit per second'. They would just say "10Gigabit
> per second."
>
> Sincerely,
> Seto
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > This is an update to the nomenclature presentation that I gave in Ottawa
> > last week.
> >
> > Comments? Suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
> >
> > Brad Booth
> > bradley.booth@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:bradley.booth@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Editor, IEEE P802.3ae
> >
> > <<booth_nomenclature.pdf>>
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