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p_ingtoday at 3:25 AM1 replyview on HN

Power usage is a good reason to stick with non-SFP ports.

And you can use CAT5e with 10Gbps networks given the run is short enough. I run 2.5Gbps over CAT5e with no issues throughout my house (I don't need that much bandwidth except when downloading Steam games).


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scqtoday at 4:22 AM

10Gbps fibre uses significantly less power than 10Gbps copper ethernet.

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