FordGT90Concept 2.5GBASE-T (100 MHz) and 5GBASE-T (200 MHz, 250 MHz cable) are literally 10GBASE-T (400 MHz, 500 MHz cable) with 1/4 and 1/2 signaling rate, respectively. The stated goal is (100m in each case):

CAT6 = 5 GbE

CAT5e = 2.5 GbE, 5 GbE conditional



10GBASE-T (and derivatives) are 6.25 bits per cycle where 1000BASE-T is 4 bits per cycle.

I'm not sure if you are arguing, because you yourself dont know. Or if you are taking them literally. I will assume the latter but you must remember not all people are familiar with the higher networking world. I think @TheLostSwede understands but just thinks your unaware. 10gb/s over ethernet is totally possible. I've deployed it several times. Just use cat6a. I dont know anyone that just buys plain cat6.Though honestly I cant imagine a market for this that isnt for gamers that think they need it.high throughput speeds on these levels are used for incredibly high throughput data connections that can seldom be used by some companies. More frequently however they are used for high datarate appliances like servers or SANs.And more to the point most are using fiber for these runs. Businesses seldom use cat6a unless its a very short run, or you are stacking switches. Even then fiber is very cheap (its the hardware thats expensive) and they would just as quickly use a 1, 5, 15, 25m run of SMF before someone pulls out a spool of cat6a (this stuff is hard to work with).Unfortunately, I think this will be a case of mobo adaptation before actual network gear for consumers adopts. I also think there is going to be alot of incorrect info. The market (gamers) this is geared for and even the majority of some tech communities dont have alot of network depth and experience in their user base. I feel bad for the people that see the higher number and bite without actually knowing what it is does or does for them. You already know they are going to plaster it with "low latency" "extreme gaming" "ping killer" type slogans.Except it wont even matter on their internal or WAN networks.