A company claims to have created a NIC (network interface card) supporting 10Gbps Ethernet speeds over Cat 5 copper wires, rather than the fiber optic lines used by most 10gbps NICs. Dynatem's “MAX Copper” PCI-X NIC card costs $2,000, and is available with Linux drivers.

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