Tag: Bob Metcalfe
A College Job and Its Impact on the Direction of Ethernet
It is a given that Ethernet is a fundamental building block of today’s Internet. From local area networks in the 1980s to cable modems in the 1990s to today’s fiber-to-the-home and WiFi networks, Ethernet is a common thread in the evolution of broadband.1 But would there have been a thread if not for the insight…