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sive to spend 20% or 30% more on an advanced cable construction now, than to
spend 100% more to redo your cabling when the future comes slamming in the
door. Many in the industry are predicting a 5-year, factor-of-10 cycle in networking
speeds.
That would mean that the gigabit network of today would routinely be
replaced by a 10 Gb network in only 5 years. Considering that the average cable
plant is expected to last 15 to 20 years (and many manufacturers offer such war-
ranties), it is likely that you will have to upgrade your network long before the cable
becomes physically unusable.
