Verizon extends Metro Ethernet reach with SONET enhancement Verizon Business Tuesday announced that it had boosted its Metro Ethernet coverage by integrating its fiber Ethernet network into its optical metro network.

Packet-inspection box gives carriers more control Procera Networks is announcing a packet-inspection box for carriers that can sort traffic at 80Gbps.

More energy-efficient Ethernet - without the standards-making fuss A student has come up with a method of making Ethernet switches more energy-efficient, a method that will work with current Ethernet switches using existing standards.

New Broadcom chip runs from 10Mbps to 10Gbps Broadcom last week introduced a transceiver that can support the widest range of Ethernet speeds possible, from 10Mbps Ethernet to 10 Gigabit Ethernet - all over unshielded twisted pair wiring.

Wireless mesh standard gets boost from OLPC, open source The proposed IEEE WLAN mesh standard is already getting a workout in the field, from the One Laptop Per Child Foundation and a new open source consortium.

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