More than half of new Ethernet ports now being sold are gigE rather than 10/100 Mbps, says Jeff Fulton, Netgear network consultant. “Historically, 10Mb to 10/100 took place when the price per port for Fast Ethernet was $30," he says. "We are at that changeover now for 10/100 to GbE." The price for 10/100 has sunk to $10–$15 per port. The lower prices are fueling continuing Ethernet growth, says The Yankee Group.
The Dell'Oro Group says worldwide sales of optical transport equipment reached the highest level in five years during the fourth quarter of 2006. WDM system sales grew 42 percent year-over-year and accounted for all of the market increase.
Additionally, more than half of networking executives see the cost of wide area network facilities to be their primary concern this year. Also, 94 per cent of companies believe that they will need additional bandwidth than they are currently using over the next year, say researchers at the Aberdeen Group.
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