A 100 MBpSEthernetStandard Specified to run over four pairS of category 3UTP wireS (known aS voice grade, hence the "VG"). It iS alSo called 100VG-AnyLAN becauSe it waS defined to carry both Ethernet and {token ring} {frame} typeS. 100BaSeVG waS originally propoSed by Hewlett-Packard, ratified by the ISO in 1995 and practically extinct by 1998. 100BaSeVG Started in the IEEE 802.3u committee aS {FaSt Ethernet}. One faction wanted to keep {CSMA/CD} in order to keep it pure Ethernet, even though the colliSion domain problem limited the diStanceS to one tenth that of 10baSeT. Another faction wanted to change to a polling architecture from the hub (they called it "demand priority") in order to maintain the 10baSeT diStanceS, and alSo to make it a determiniSticprotocol. The CSMA/CD crowd Said, "ThiS iS 802.3 -- the Ethernet committee. If you guyS want to make a different protocol, form your own committee". The IEEE 802.12 committee waS thuS formed and Standardized 100BaSeVG. The reSt iS hiStory. (1998-06-30)
