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Meeting the broadband access infrastructure demands: The promise of Gigabit Ethernet Abstract Global Internet traffic growth continues to create bandwidth demand in the telecommunications network．As 100 Mb/s Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet LANs are widely installed in enterprises, the Intranet bandwidth grows quickly. With active adoption of ADSL and cable modem broadband accesses in the SOHO and residential markets, more data traffic is generated in these markets as well．Presently, most telecom carriers use synchronous optical network/synchronous digital hierarchy (SONET/SDH) equipment to “aggregate” data traffic in the metropolitan area network (MAN) before accessing the Internet backbone network. Because of the intrinsic limitations of SONET/SDH equipment in transporting data traffic, especially in terms of bandwidth scalability and provisioning efficiency, there is a need to find a broadband access solution that can overcome the drawbacks of SONET/SDH. Because the inherent simplicity of the technology, Ethernetoffers cost effectiveness, ease of networking, packet-based IP friendly protocol, and rapid provisioning advantages while competing with other networking technologies．These advantages coupled with the newly developed gigabit WAN capability have well-positioned Gigabit Ethernet as a compelling technology to break the bandwidth bottleneck in the MAN environment．In this paper, we review the enhancement of GigabitEthernet technology and discuss the pros and cons of using Gigabit Ethernet technology in the MAN．We also address the implications of this technology evolution on telecom carriers． Key words：100Mb/s Ethernet； Gibigabit Ethernet ；MAN 1. Introduction 　 Rapid increase of Internet users throughout the world has resulted in exponential growth of Internet traffic in wide area networks (WANs). Despite the recent telecom industry slowdown, worldwide Internet traffic, which is continuing to double every year, is fore casted to