Gigabit Ethernet--The Core of the Network

What is the reality of gigabit? Kita takes a spin. "It's easy for all of us to get caught up in the euphoria over a 10 times increase in potential bandwidth," he states.

"As a major solutions provider, however, Heidelberg tries to properly set customer expectations to ensure that they don't get ahead of reality by assuming that a major increase in potential bandwidth is immediately going to have a major impact. This has happened before, particularly with fast ethernet."