Editing Gigabit Ethernet (section)

===1000BASE-TX===
The [[Telecommunications Industry Association]] (TIA) created and promoted a standard similar to 1000BASE-T that was simpler to implement, calling it 1000BASE-TX (TIA/EIA-854).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tiaonline.org/news_events/press_room/press_releases/legacy.cfm?parelease=01-87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927060633/http://www.tiaonline.org/news_events/press_room/press_releases/legacy.cfm?parelease=01-87 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |date=July 25, 2001 |title=TIA Publishes New Standard TIA/EIA-854 |publisher=TAI}}</ref> The simplified design would have, in theory, reduced the cost of the required electronics by only using four unidirectional pairs (two pairs TX and two pairs RX) instead of four bidirectional pairs. However, this solution has been a commercial failure,{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} likely due to the required Category 6 cabling and the rapidly falling cost of 1000BASE-T products.