Well yes, but there are also a whole lots of CAT6x cables. CAT6 is now close to 20 years standard, and CAT6A or in earlier cases CAT6e is now 12 years +. As a matter of fact within consumer Home usage distance CAT5e may well be good enough for 5Gbps as well.
Having 5Gbps End point gives you much more flexibility, instead we got 2.5Gbps. Unless the BOM cost made a lot of difference I dont understand this trade offs. Especially considering we have 802.11ax potentially offering 5Gbps+ and 802.11ay that runs faster then 10Gbps. We are coming in an age where a cheaper Wireless equipment is outrunning our wired counterpart.
Having 5Gbps End point gives you much more flexibility, instead we got 2.5Gbps. Unless the BOM cost made a lot of difference I dont understand this trade offs. Especially considering we have 802.11ax potentially offering 5Gbps+ and 802.11ay that runs faster then 10Gbps. We are coming in an age where a cheaper Wireless equipment is outrunning our wired counterpart.