WideBand Gigabit Networking hasn’t generated much buzz, but backers of the LAN technology say its quality-of-service (QoS) features and low cost meet a market need that neither ATM, Fibre Channel nor Gigabit Ethernet can satisfy.
WideBand provides 1G bit/sec aggregate throughput with guaranteed QoS over Category 5 copper wiring. It was invented by Roger Billings in the early 1990s, when he was president of the International Academy of Science in Independence, Mo.