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Why 100G Isn’t Dead — And Why 2026 Is the Year Smart Networks Stop Chasing 400G

If you listen to vendor roadmaps and conference keynotes, you’d think anything below 400G belongs in a museum. But step into real networks in 2026 — service providers, regional ISPs, enterprise data centers, hybrid-cloud edges — and a very different reality emerges.

100G is not dead. In fact, for many operators, it’s still the smartest speed they can deploy.