Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

A fiber NIC card is like 200 bucks...
A fiber GBIC for a Cisco GBIC port is like 120 bucks
Fiber cable is like 45.00 for a 6 ft cable.


Copper GIgabit Ethernet on the other hand is becoming just as cheap as regular ethernet (10/100). And they are backwards compatible. Most servers we order
come standard with gigabit ethernet ports that do 10/100/1000.
A typical macintosh computer has 10/100/1000 nic card built in... just to show you
how mainstream gigabit copper is.