Surfing the internet is a fun thing, many people will be on their computers a majority of their days. With the advances experienced in the connections we use to surf the net it's gotten much faster than when it first came around.

Advancing from slow speeds that took several minutes for a full page to come up. To the Ethernet first coming on and a speed of 10 megabits. But it got even better in a few years as that was increased up to 100 megabits per second. However, it's not up to a Gigabit Ethernet which is a full gigabit per second. This speed is amazing.

Though this Gigabit Ethernet is used by businesses mostly, the technology has only begun to be placed into personal computers as of April 2009. It's a difficult thing because other parts of the computer have a hard time running at that speed. So it's mostly a business used technology at present.

There are different physical layers of this gigabit Ethernet, which go from copper cable, to optical fiber, and twisted cable. All of which have advantages over the other.

While the copper cable will usually only reach a distance of 25 meters. Some of the single mode fiber will reach all the way up to 10 km. Depending on the type of wavelength that is used, and the layer of Gigabit Ethernet there are many different meters and lengths that can be reached.

It will be excellent once the personal computer that a consumer can buy will be able to use this technology. The speed will seem absolutely amazing to many. Many people may never even wonder about using a speed this fast. Some will be satisfied with a slower speed that is so much higher than the past speeds.

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