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ERAS OF THE NETWORK
A quarter century of infrastructure history, as we covered it.
2001–2005
After the Bubble
The telecom downturn, broadband buildouts, VoIP's rise, and the industry's slow recovery.
2006–2010
Carrier Ethernet & 40G
Metro Ethernet, IPTV, FTTH expansion, early smartphones, and the first 40G/100G trials.
2011–2015
SDN, NFV & 100G
OpenFlow, network virtualization, LTE at scale, coherent 100G, and the cloud's takeover.
2016–2020
Cloud Scale & 5G
Hyperscaler data centers, 400G optics, 5G launches, Open RAN, and merchant silicon.
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